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allowance

英  [əˈlaʊəns]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词

  • allowances

    1. [C 可数名词] 补贴

    An allowance is money that is given to someone, usually on a regular basis, in order to help them pay for the things that they need.

    双语例句

    例：

    She gets an allowance for taking care of Amy.

    她因为照顾艾米而得到一笔补贴。

    2. [C 可数名词] 限额

    A particular type of allowance is an amount of something that you are allowed in particular circumstances.

    双语例句

    例：

    Most of our flights have a baggage allowance of 44 lbs per passenger.

    我们大多数的航班行李限重为每位乘客44磅。

    3. [C 可数名词] 免税额

    Your tax allowance is the amount of money that you are allowed to earn before you have to start paying income tax.

    PHRASE. 习语

  • make allowances for something

    1. 考虑到某事

    If you make allowances for something, you take it into account in your decisions, plans, or actions.

    双语例句

    例：

    They'll make allowances for the fact it's affecting our performance.

    他们会将影响我们表现的事实情况考虑进去的。

    例：

    She tried to make allowances for his age.

    她试着顾及到他的年纪。

  • make allowances for someone

    1. 体谅某人

    If you make allowances for someone, you accept behaviour from them that you would not normally accept, because of a problem that they have.

    双语例句

    例：

    He's tired so I'll make allowances for him.

    他累了，所以我会体谅他的。

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