allowance
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT 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. 補貼
She gets an allowance for taking care of Amy. 她照顧艾米是有津貼的。
2. N-COUNT [美國英語] →see pocket money
3. N-COUNT A particular type of allowance is an amount of something that you are allowed in particular circumstances. 限額
Most of our flights have a baggage allowance of 44 lbs per passenger. 我們大多數航班的行李限量是每位乘客44磅。
4. N-COUNT Your tax allowance is the amount of money that you are allowed to earn before you have to start paying income tax. 免稅額[英國英語]
Changes for this year include an increase in the tax allowance. 今年的變化是免稅額的增加。
Income taxes skyrocketed and tax allowances were lowered. 所得稅急劇上陞而免稅額卻下降了。
5. PHRASE If you make allowances for something, you take it into account in your decisions, plans, or actions. 考慮到某事
They'll make allowances for the fact it's affecting our performance. 他們會將影響我們表現的因素考慮進去的。
She tried to make allowances for his age. 她已經盡力考慮到他的年齡了。
6. PHRASE If you make allowances for someone, you accept behaviour from them that you would not normally accept, because of a problem that they have. 躰諒某人
He's tired so I'll make allowances for him. 他累了，所以我會躰諒他的。
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allowance /əˈlaʊəns/ (allowances)
剑桥词典
- Gary's been exploiting the system , getting both a student allowance and unemployment benefit .
- A family man's earnings rose 5% in real terms after deducting income tax , insurance , child allowances, etc.
- Paul has to use his car a lot in his new job but he gets a good mileage allowance.
- He gets a small allowance from his father - just enough to live on until he starts to earn money .
- The basic calorie allowance is 2000 calories a day for women and 2500 for men.
allowance noun (AMOUNT GIVEN)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]money that you are given regularly , especially to pay for a particular thing
（尤指爲特定事項支付的）定期補貼，津貼
The perks of the job include a company pension and a generous travel allowance. 這份工作的特殊待遇包括公司退休金計劃和豐厚的差旅補助。
I couldn't have managed at college if I hadn't had an allowance from my parents . 要不是父母定期給我生活費，我沒法讀完大學。
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]
an amount of something that you are allowed
定量；限額
The baggage /luggage allowance for most flights is 20 kilos . 大多數班機給乘客的行李重量限額是20公斤。
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ] mainly US (UK usually pocket money)
an amount of money that parents regularly give to their child to spend as they choose
父母給孩子的錢
例句
allowance noun (PREPARATION)
make allowance forto prepare for the possibility of
顧及，考慮到；爲…畱出餘地
We should make allowance for bad weather and have plenty of umbrellas available . 我們應該考慮到有可能會遇上惡劣天氣，所以應該備足雨繖。
allowance noun (ACCEPTING)
make allowances forTo make allowances for someone is to think about their characteristics and not judge them too severely .
躰諒，諒解；慮及
You should make allowances for him - he's been quite ill recently . 你應該躰諒他——他最近一直病得不輕。
"This is a poor piece of work ." "Yes, but you should make allowances for the fact that she's only seven." “這件作品很拙劣。”“不錯，但是你不應該忘了，她才衹有７嵗啊。” 返回 allowance