ration 英 [ˈræʃn] 　 美 [ˈræʃən, ˈreʃən]

ration

ration　 英 [ˈræʃn] 美 [ˈræʃən, ˈreʃən]

vt. 配给；定量供应　 n. 定量；口粮；配给量　

进行时:rationing　 过去式:rationed　 过去分词:rationed　 第三人称单数:rations　 名词复数:rations　

He has held the ration cards of some migrants for seven years.　有些移民的配给卡甚至被卡汉“保管”了七年之久。
As one revered judge, Learned Hand, said in 1951, “If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: thou shalt not ration justice.　正如德高望重的勒恩•汉德法官1951年时所说：“如果我们想要延续民主体制，必须遵守一条戒律——正义不能配给。”

  • When you ration your supplies, you dole them out a little at a time. A ration is also a wartime military meal, or the portion of food that someone is allowed in times of scarcity.
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  • vt. 配给；定量供应
  • n. 定量；口粮；配给量

  • 1. He has held the ration cards of some migrants for seven years.

    有些移民的配给卡甚至被卡汉“保管”了七年之久。

  • 2. As one revered judge, Learned Hand, said in 1951, “If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: thou shalt not ration justice.

    正如德高望重的勒恩•汉德法官1951年时所说：“如果我们想要延续民主体制，必须遵守一条戒律——正义不能配给。”

  • 3. Elephants, which have no predators, must roam widely to get their daily ration of as much as 52 gallons (200 litres) of water and about 300 kilograms (660 pounds) of grass, leaves and twigs.

    没有天敌的大象必须在广袤的大地上四处漫游，才能解决它们每日的口粮问题——52加仑（合200公升）水及约300公斤（合660磅）的草、树叶及树枝）。

  • ration (n.) 1550, "reasoning," later, "relation of one number to another" (1660s), then "fixed allowance of food" (1702, often rations, from French ration in this sense), from Latin rationem (nominative ratio) "reckoning, numbering, calculation; business affair, procedure," also "reason, reasoning, judgment, understanding," from rat-, past participle stem of reri "to reckon, calculate," also "think" (from PIE root *re- "to reason, count"). The military pronunciation (rhymes with fashion) took over from the preferred civilian pronunciation (rhymes with nation) during World War I.
  • ration (v.) "put (someone) on a fixed allowance," 1859, from ration (n.); sense of "apportion in fixed amounts" is from 1870. Related: Rationed; rationing.
ra·tion / ˈræʃn ; NAmE ˈræʃn / noun , verb ration rations rationed rationing noun 1 [countable ] a fixed amount of food, fuel, etc. that you are officially allowed to have when there is not enough for everyone to have as much as they want, for example during a war （食品、燃料等短缺时的）配给量，定量 ◆ the weekly butter ration 每周的黄油配给量 2 rations [plural ] a fixed amount of food given regularly to a soldier or to sb who is in a place where there is not much food available （给战士或食品短缺地区的人提供的）定量口粮 ◆ We're on short rations (= allowed less than usual)until fresh supplies arrive. 在新的补给到达之前，我们的口粮定量不足。 ◆ Once these latest rations run out, the country will again face hunger and starvation. 最后这批口粮一旦用完，国家又要面临饥荒。 3 [singular ] ration(of sth) an amount of sth that is thought to be normal or fair 正常量；合理的量 ◆ As part of the diet, allow yourself a small daily ration of sugar. 作为饮食的一部份，每天要摄入少量的糖。 ◆ I've had my ration of problems for one day—you deal with it! 我手头的问题已经够我忙活一天的了，你来处理这件事吧！ verb [often passive ] to limit the amount of sth that sb is allowed to have, especially because there is not enough of it available 限定…的量；定量供应；配给 rationsth ◆ Eggs were rationed during the war. 战争期间，鸡蛋限量供应。 rationsb to sth ◆ The villagers are rationed to two litres of water a day. 村民每天的用水量限定为两升。 ☞see also rationing ra·tion / ˈræʃn ; NAmE ˈræʃn /
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