allowance
n. 津贴,补助; 零用钱; 限额; 免税额
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.
He lives on a single parent's allowance of £70 a week...
他靠每周70英镑的单亲家庭生活补助过日子。
She gets an allowance for looking after Lillian.
她因为照顾莉莲而拿补贴。
A child's allowance is money that is given to him or her every week or every month by his or her parents.
Your tax allowance is the amount of money that you are allowed to earn before you have to start paying income tax.
...those earning less than the basic tax allowance.
那些收入低于基本免税额的人
A particular type of allowance is an amount of something that you are allowed in particular circumstances.
Most of our flights have a baggage allowance of 44lbs per passenger.
我们大多数航班行李限重为每位乘客44磅。
If you make allowances for something, you take it into account in your decisions, plans, or actions.
We'll make allowances in the schedule for time off...
日程安排时我们会把休息时间考虑在内。
The raw exam results make no allowance for social background.
原始的考试成绩是不受社会背景影响的。
If you make allowances for someone, you accept behaviour which you would not normally accept or deal with them less severely than you would normally, because of a problem that they have.
He's tired so I'll make allowances for him.
他很累,所以我会体谅他。
1. an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period);
2. a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
3. an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances;
4. a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
5. a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
6. the act of allowing;
1. put on a fixed allowance, as of food
earnings, allowance, income, salary, wage, pay, fee
这些名词都可表示"工资,收入"之意。
make allowance (s) for
把…考虑在内
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What is the baggage allowance on the flight?
该航班允许带多少行李?
Our price has already made full allowance for the size of the order.
我们的报价已经考虑到订货的多少.
P: Could he get the normal free baggage allowance?
顾客: 他可以享受免费行李额 吗 ?
Could you tell me what the maximum weight allowance is?
您能告诉我行李的最大重量限额是多少 吗 ?
The allowance per passenger is 25 kgs.
每个旅客的行李重量限25公斤.