allowance 英 [əˈlaʊəns]   美 [əˈlaʊəns]

allowance

allowance  英 [əˈlaʊəns] 美 [əˈlaʊəns]

n. 津贴,零用钱;允许;限额 

进行时:allowancing  过去式:allowanced  过去分词:allowanced  第三人称单数:allowances  名词复数:allowances 

an allowance of $20 a day 每天 20 元补贴
a clothing allowance, a living allowance, a travel allowance 服装╱生活╱交通补贴

  • When you're a kid, you might earn an allowance or a sum of money in exchange for doing chores around the house. Your parents' allowance — or tolerance — of your silly behavior will depend on how strict they are.
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  • n. 津贴,零用钱;允许;限额
  • 1. an allowance of $20 a day

    每天 20 元补贴

  • 2. a clothing allowance, a living allowance, a travel allowance

    服装╱生活╱交通补贴

  • 3. Do you get an allowance for clothing?

    你有服装补贴吗?

  • 4. a baggage allowance of 20 kilos

    行李限重 20 公斤

  • 5. personal tax allowances

    个人所得免税额

  • 6. The budget made allowance for inflation.

    预算考虑到了通货膨胀。

  • allowance (n.) late 14c., "praise" (a sense now obsolete), from Old French aloance "sanction, granting, allocation," from aloer "allot, apportion, assign" (see allow). As with allow, the English word involves senses of two different French words.
al·low·ance / əˈlaʊəns ; NAmE əˈlaʊəns / noun 1 an amount of money that is given to sb regularly or for a particular purpose 津贴;补贴;补助 an allowance of $20 a day 每天 20 元补贴 a clothing/living/travel allowance 服装╱生活╱交通补贴 Do you get an allowance for clothing? 你有服装补贴吗? see also attendance allowance 2 the amount of sth that is allowed in a particular situation 限额;定量 a baggage allowance of 20 kilos 行李限重 20 公斤 3 ( BrE) an amount of money that can be earned or received before you start paying tax 免税额 personal tax allowances 个人所得免税额 4 ( especially NAmE) = pocket money1 () IDIOMS make allowance(s) for sth to consider sth, for example when you are making a decision or planning sth 考虑到,估计到(如在制订决策或计划时) The budget made allowance for inflation. 预算考虑到了通货膨胀。 The plan makes no allowance for people working at different rates. 这个计划没有把人们工作速度不同考虑在内。 make allowances (for sb) to allow sb to behave in a way that you would not usually accept, because of a problem or because there is a special reason 体谅;谅解 allowance allowances al·low·ance / əˈlaʊəns ; NAmE əˈlaʊəns /
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