grant

Compared meaning: to let someone do or have something (verb).

比较义项：允许（动词）。

• allow

  The everyday, neutral word for letting someone do something; usable in any register and does not require that a request was made first.

  allow是最常用、语气中性的词，表示让某人做某事，任何场合都可以使用，也不要求对方事先提出请求。

  Our manager allows employees to work from home twice a week.

  我们经理允许员工每周有两天在家办公。

• grant 本词

  More formal; used when someone in a position of authority agrees to a specific request, giving the asker a right, favor or permission.

  grant更正式，用于握有权力的一方同意某人提出的具体请求，给予对方所求的权利、恩惠或许可。

  The committee granted him permission to skip the meeting.

  委员会准许他不参加这次会议。

Allow and grant both mean to let someone do or have something. Allow is the common, neutral word, used in any situation. Grant is formal: an authority agrees to a specific request, giving a right or favor. Its noun sense 'scholarship' is not compared here.

allow和grant在“允许”这个义项上意思相近，但语气和使用场合不同：allow是最常用的说法，语气中性，可以在任何场合表示让某人做某事；grant更正式，通常指握有权力或权威的一方，在对方提出具体请求后，正式同意给予许可、权利或恩惠。这里不比较grant在例句中出现的名词义“奖学金、资助金”。