ration

noun

/ˈræʃn/

[countable] a fixed amount of food, fuel, etc. that you are officially allowed to have when there is not enough for everyone to have as much as they want, for example during a war（食品、燃料等短缺时的）配给量，定量
- the weekly butter ration每周的黄油配给量
- a ration book/card/coupon (= allowing you to claim your ration of something)定量供给簿；定量供应卡；配给券
- our daily ration of bread我们每天定量配给的面包
- I gave him my butter ration at breakfast one morning.有一天早餐时我把我那份黄油给了他。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- daily
- monthly
- full
- …
verb + ration
- give somebody
- hand out
- provide (somebody with)
- …
ration + noun
- book
- card
- coupon
- …
preposition
- on a/the ration
- ration of
rations
[plural] a fixed amount of food given regularly to a soldier or to somebody who is in a place where there is not much food available（给战士或食品短缺地区的人提供的）定量口粮
- We're on short rations (= allowed less than usual) until fresh supplies arrive.在新的补给到达之前，我们的口粮定量不足。
- Once these latest rations run out, the country will again face hunger and starvation.最后这批口粮一旦用完，国家又要面临饥荒。
- The guards are going to cut our rations again.看守又要克扣我们的配给了。
- The refugees queued up for their meagre rations of soup.难民排队等待少得可怜的配给汤。
- They are living on starvation rations.他们靠饥馑配给过活。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- daily
- monthly
- full
- …
verb + ration
- give somebody
- hand out
- provide (somebody with)
- …
ration + noun
- book
- card
- coupon
- …
preposition
- on a/the ration
- ration of
[singular] ration (of something) an amount of something that is thought to be normal or fair正常量；合理的量
- As part of the diet, allow yourself a small daily ration of sugar.作为饮食的一部分，每天可以摄入少量的糖。
- I've had my ration of problems for one day—you deal with it!我手头的问题已经够我忙活一天的了，你来处理这件事吧！
- I felt that my ration of luck was running out.我觉得我的运气配额快用完了。
- You've had your ration of chocolate for the day!你今天的巧克力已经吃得够多的了！

词源early 18th cent.: from French, from Latin ratio(n-) ‘reckoning, ratio’.

ration

verb

/ˈræʃn/

[often passive]

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they ration	/ˈræʃn/ /ˈræʃn/
he / she / it rations	/ˈræʃnz/ /ˈræʃnz/
past simple rationed	/ˈræʃnd/ /ˈræʃnd/
past participle rationed	/ˈræʃnd/ /ˈræʃnd/
-ing form rationing	/ˈræʃənɪŋ/ /ˈræʃənɪŋ/

to limit the amount of something that somebody is allowed to have, especially because there is not enough of it available限定…的量；定量供应；配给
- be rationed Eggs were rationed during the war.战争期间，鸡蛋限量供应。
- These foods had to be strictly rationed.这些食物必须严格地定量供应。
- be rationed to something The villagers are rationed to two litres of water a day.村民每天的用水量限定为两升。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- strictly
preposition
- to
see also rationing
词源early 18th cent.: from French, from Latin ratio(n-) ‘reckoning, ratio’.