ration

1. N-COUNT When there is not enough of something, your ration of it is the amount that you are allowed to have. (物資緊缺時的) 配給量

The meat ration was down to one pound per person per week. 肉類的配給量降到了每人每周一磅。

2. V-T When something is rationed by a person or government, you are only allowed to have a limited amount of it, usually because there is not enough of it. (常指因緊缺) 定量配給

Staples such as bread, rice, and tea are already being rationed. 麪包、米、茶等主要食品已經是定量配給。

The City Council of Moscow has decided that it will begin rationing bread, butter, and meat. 莫斯科市議會已經決定開始定量配給麪包、黃油和肉。

3. N-PLURAL Rations are the food that is given to people who do not have enough food or to soldiers. (給食物不足者的) 配給品; (給士兵的) 給養

Aid officials said that the first emergency food rations of wheat and oil were handed out here last month. 援助官員們說第一批麪粉和食用油等緊急救援食品配給已於上月在此發放。

4. N-COUNT Your ration of something is the amount of it that you normally have. 應得份額

...after consuming his ration of junk food and two cigarettes. …喫完他那份垃圾食品、抽完兩支菸後。

5. →see also rationing