[N-COUNT 可数名词]定量;配给量 When there is not enough of something, your ration of it is the amount that you are allowed to have.
The meat ration was down to one pound per person per week...
肉的配给量降到了每人每周一磅。
They have begun to issue ration cards for basic necessities such as rice and flour.
他们开始发行用来购买大米、面粉等生活基本必需品的定量配给卡。
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[VERB 动词](通常指由于紧缺)配给,定量供应 When something is rationed by a person or government, you are only allowed to have a limited amount of it, usually because there is not enough of it.
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Staples such as bread, rice and tea are already being rationed...
面包、大米和茶叶等日常必需品已实行配给。
...the decision to ration food...
实行食物配给的决定
Motorists will be rationed to thirty litres of petrol a month...
汽车司机每月的油量将限定为30升。
There's a black market in rationed goods.
实行定量配给的商品存在黑市交易。
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[N-PLURAL 复数名词](给灾民或士兵的)给养,口粮Rations are the food which is given to people who do not have enough food or to soldiers.
Aid officials said that the first emergency food rations of wheat and oil were handed out here last month...
救助官员说第一批紧急援助的小麦和食用油是上月发放到这里的。
The Russian soldiers sampled the officers' rations and wolfed the superior food with delight.
俄军士兵尝了一下长官的配给食物,然后高高兴兴地把那些高级食物一扫而光。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]通常的量;定额 Your ration of something is the amount of it that you normally have.
[usu N of n]
...after consuming his ration of junk food and two cigarettes.
他像往常那样吃完垃圾食品、吸了两根烟后
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ra·tion/ˈræʃn; NAmEˈræʃn/
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rationrationsrationedrationingnoun1[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2rations[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
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ra·tion/ˈræʃn; NAmEˈræʃn/
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ration1 noun
ration2 verb
rationra‧tion1 /ˈræʃən $ ˈræ-, ˈreɪ-/ ●○○ noun
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1[countable, uncountable] a fixed amount of something that people are allowed to have when there is not enough, for example during a warfood/clothes/meat etc ration the weekly meat ration a coal ration of 4 kg a monthon ration Even wool was on ration in the war.2rations [plural] a fixed amount of food given to a soldier or member of a group: emergency food rations The prisoners were queuing for their meagre rations (=small rations). We were on short rations (=given a smaller amount than usual).3[singular] an amount of something that you think is reasonable or normalration of holidaymakers who like a generous ration of open-air activity
ration1 noun
ration2 verb
rationration2 verb [transitive]
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1to control the supply of something because there is not enough: Fuel was rationed during the war.GRAMMARRation is usually passive in this meaning.2to allow someone only a small amount of something: the need to ration health care resources diets which ration fatration somebody/something to something He rationed himself to 4 cigarettes a day. I try to ration the children’s television viewing to an hour a day.
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