allowance是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 money that you are given regularly, especially to pay for a particular thing -- （尤指為特定事項支付的）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。

  • 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。

• 1 to prepare for the possibility of -- 顧及，考慮到；為…留出餘地

  • 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，所以應該備足雨傘。

• 2 To make allowances for someone is to think about their characteristics and not judge them too severely. -- 體諒，諒解；慮及

  • You should make allowances for him - he's been quite ill recently. 你應該體諒他——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，她才只有七歲啊。」