allowance

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n. 津贴, 零用钱, 限额, 折扣, 允许 vt. 定量供应

发音

US /əˈlaʊəns/

词形变化

allowances 复数 allowances allowanced allowances 三单 allowancing allowancing 现在分词 allowanced 过去式 allowanced 过去分词

别名

allowaunce

教材释义与例句

名词

津贴，零用钱；允许；限额

an amount of money that you are given regularly or for a special purpose

动词

定量供应

释义与例句

n. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting.

    允许

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    Acknowledgment.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.

    可数 不可数

    her meagre allowance of food or drink

    Being a volunteer is unpaid, but we get accommodation and a living allowance of 100 euros a week.

  4. 4.

    An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.

    Such a sum or portion granted to a family member or familiar, especially one's own child; pocket money for such a person.

    可数 不可数

    She gives her daughters each an allowance of thirty dollars a month.

  5. 5.

    Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances.

    可数 不可数

    to make allowance for his naivety

  6. 6.

    A deduction from the gross weight of goods, such as to discount their container's weight or per a custom differing by country.

    可数 不可数 商务

    Minus the allowance, the total came to thirteen tons.

  7. 7.

    A permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry.

    可数 不可数 体育 动物学

    On the Flat, an apprentice jockey starts with an allowance of 7 lb.

  8. 8.

    A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.

    可数 不可数
  9. 9.

    Approval; approbation.

    可数 废旧 不可数
  10. 10.

    License; indulgence.

    可数 废旧 不可数
  11. 11.

    A planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension.

    可数 不可数 工程
v.
  1. 1.

    To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink).

    及物

    The captain was obliged to allowance his crew.

  2. 2.

    To supply in a fixed and limited quantity.

    及物

    Our provisions were allowanced.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

tolerance margin adjustment leeway

上位词 10

part share permission license permit portion percentage disagreement discrepancy variance

下位词 6

discount tolerance deduction per diem Privy Purse tare
动词

上位词 2

allow grant

相关短语

Jobseeker's Allowance attendance allowance [经] 出勤津贴 seam allowance field allowance monkey's allowance separation allowance [法] 军属津贴 emission allowance family allowance 家庭津贴, 子女津贴 [经] (工资外的)家庭津贴 Jobseekers Allowance jobseeker's allowance jobseekers allowance

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin laus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin laudō Latin allaudō Old French aloer ▲ Latin ad- Latin locus ▲ Latin -ō Latin locō Latin allocō Old French aloer Old French alouer Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. Old French -ance Old French alouancebor. Middle English allouance English allowance From Middle English allouance, from Old French alouance. Morphologically allow + -ance.

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