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allowance

英 [ə'laʊəns] 美 [ə'laʊəns]

n. 津贴，零用钱；允许；限额
vt. 定量供应

中文词源

allowance 津贴

allow,发津贴，-ance,名词后缀。

英文词源

allowance (n.): late 14c., "praise" (a sense now obsolete), from Old French aloance "allowance, granting, allocation," from alouer (see allow). Sense of "a sum alloted to meet expenses" is from c. 1400. In accounts, meaning "a sum placed to one's credit" is attested from 1520s. To make allowances is literally to add or deduct a sum from someone's account for some special circumstance. Figurative use of the phrase is attested from 1670s.

双语例句

1. Most of our flights have a baggage allowance of 44lbs per passenger.: 我们大多数航班行李限重为每位乘客44磅。

2. He lives on a single parent's allowance of £70 a week.: 他靠每周70英镑的单亲家庭生活补助过日子。

3. The personal allowance depends on your age and marital status.: 个人免税额的多少取决于年龄和婚姻状况。

4. The raw exam results make no allowance for social background.: 原始的考试成绩是不受社会背景影响的。

5. He received a per diem allowance to cover his travel expenses.: 他拿到了一笔日补贴以弥补他的差旅费。