rations
US /ˈræʃ·ənz, ˈreɪ·ʃənz/
UK /ˈræʃ.ənz/
複數名詞
配給, 定量
a fixed amount of a commodity officially allowed to each person during a time of shortage, as in wartime
範例:
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During the war, families lived on strict food rations.
戰爭期間，家庭靠嚴格的食物配給生活。
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The refugees received daily rations of water and bread.
難民每天領取水和麵包的配給。
動詞
定量供應, 配給
to control the amount of something that people are allowed to have, especially when there is not enough of it
範例:
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The government had to ration fuel during the crisis.
政府不得不在危機期間定量供應燃料。
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We had to ration our water supply to make it last.
我們不得不定量使用水以使其持久。