| 英语单词 | allotment |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [ə'lɒtmənt] 美 [ə'lɑːtmənt] |
| 中文释义 | n.分配;份额;天命;[英]划分的土地;(美军)从工资中扣除的费用 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The allotment was made on Sunday. (2) Women shall be equal with men in the allotment of housing and enjoyment of welfare benefits. (3) Your allotment was three hundred dollars. (4) This is the portion of those who plunder us, And the allotment of those who take us as spoil. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 星期日已经分配了。 (2) 在分配住房和享受福利待遇方面男女平等。 (3) 你名下分到三百元。 (4) 这是掳掠我们之人所得的份,是抢夺我们之人的天命。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Say you’re stranded on an island with a group of people and you divide your limited food supply. The portion you each receive is your share, also called your allotment. No fighting over the coconuts! |
| vocabulary扩展 | The word allotment shows how languages intertwined through the ages. We can see the word's origins in several languages, including the Old English hlot, the Gothic hlauts, the Old High German hloz, and the Old French aloter. All referred to dividing something into groups, or “lots.” A "lot" refers to a group of things — stores refer to shipments of goods as being divided into “lots.” That idea of grouping will help you remember the meaning of allotment. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词](英国城镇里租给个人种菜用的)小块园地 In Britain, an allotment is a small area of land in a town which a person rents to grow plants and vegetables on. 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]分配物;份额;拨款 An allotment of something is a share or amount of it that is given to someone. [oft N
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