ration

1. N-COUNT When there is not enough of something, your ration of it is the amount that you are allowed to have. (物资紧缺时的) 配给量

The meat ration was down to one pound per person per week. 肉类的配给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. (常指因紧缺) 定量配给

Staples such as bread, rice, and tea are already being rationed. 面包、米、茶等主要食品已经是定量配给。

The City Council of Moscow has decided that it will begin rationing bread, butter, and meat. 莫斯科市议会已经决定开始定量配给面包、黄油和肉。

3. N-PLURAL Rations are the food that is given to people who do not have enough food or to soldiers. (给食物不足者的) 配给品; (给士兵的) 给养

Aid officials said that the first emergency food rations of wheat and oil were handed out here last month. 援助官员们说第一批面粉和食用油等紧急救援食品配给已于上月在此发放。

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

...after consuming his ration of junk food and two cigarettes. …吃完他那份垃圾食品、抽完两支烟后。

5. →see also rationing