allowance
/əˈlaʊəns/📚 7820 97 2六级考研雅思高考An allowance is money that is given to someone, usually on a regular basis, in order to help them pay for the things that they need. 补贴
noun [具体名词]津贴,补助;限额,定量;折价,折扣;免税额;<美>零花钱;考虑到的事情;体谅,原谅;允许,认可;(赛马)减载量
She gets an allowance for taking care of Amy.
她照顾艾米是有津贴的。
verb [vt. 及物动词]为(某人)提供津贴;定量供应(物品)
The budget made allowance for inflation.
预算考虑到了通货膨胀。
allow(允许) + ance → 允许, 容忍
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- Most of our flights have a baggage allowance of 44 lbs per passenger. 我们大多数航班的行李限量是每位乘客44磅。
- Changes for this year include an increase in the tax allowance. 今年的变化是免税额的增加。
- Income taxes skyrocketed and tax allowances were lowered. 所得税急剧上升而免税额却下降了。
- They'll make allowances for the fact it's affecting our performance. 他们会将影响我们表现的因素考虑进去的。
- She tried to make allowances for his age. 她已经尽力考虑到他的年龄了。
- He's tired so I'll make allowances for him. 他累了,所以我会体谅他的。