| 单词 | allowance |
| 释义 | allowance 1 ENTRIES FOUND: allowance (noun) allowance /əˈlawəns/ noun plural allowances allowance /əˈlawəns/ noun plural allowances Learner's definition of ALLOWANCE 1 [count] a : an amount of money that is given to someone regularly or for a specific purpose津贴；补贴；补助 a monthly allowance for household expenses家庭日常开销的每月补贴 a clothing allowance服装补助费 b chiefly US : a small amount of money that is regularly given to children by their parents（父母给孩子的）零花钱 Each of their children gets a weekly allowance of five dollars.他们的孩子每人每周有五美元的零花钱。 2 [count] a : an amount of something (such as time) that is allowed or available限额；定量 The schedule provides a generous allowance of time for sightseeing. [=provides a generous amount of time for sightseeing]这个日程安排提供了充裕的观光时间。 b : an amount that is regarded as acceptable or desirable可摄入量 the recommended daily allowance of vitamin C维生素C的每日建议摄取量 c : an amount that is subtracted from the price of something折价；折扣 When we bought our new car we got a trade-in allowance of $2,000 on our old car. [=the price of our new car was reduced by $2,000 because we traded in our old car]买新车时我们享受了2000美元以旧换新的折价。 d British : an amount of your earnings that you do not have to pay taxes on免税额 the tax allowance for married couples已婚夫妇的免税额 3 a [noncount] : the act of thinking about or including something when you make a plan, calculation, etc.考虑 When you're comparing costs from different decades, you need to make allowance for inflation. [=you need to allow for inflation]在比较不同年代的开销时，你要把通货膨胀考虑进去。 His theory makes no allowance for [=does not allow for] the possibility that the disease may be genetic.他的理论没把那种病可能具有遗传性考虑在内。 b : the act of regarding bad behavior or a mistake as less serious or bad because of some special situation or condition体谅；原谅 [noncount] She performed poorly, but we should make some allowance for her inexperience. = Some allowance should be made for her inexperience. [=because she is inexperienced, we should not blame her too much for performing poorly]她演得不好，不过我们应该体谅她缺少经验。 [count] They performed poorly, but allowances should be made for their inexperience.他们演得不好，但应该体谅他们没有经验。 4 [noncount] formal : the act of allowing something允许；接受；认可 The lawyer protested the judge's allowance of the evidence.律师抗议法官接受那个证据。 |
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