allowances的中文翻譯是什麼意思

N-COUNT（定期發給的）津貼，補助

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...

  他靠每週70英鎊的單親家庭生活補助過日子。

• She gets an allowance for looking after Lillian.

  她因為照顧莉蓮而拿補貼。

N-COUNT（兒童的）零用錢

A child's allowance is money that is given to him or her every week or every month by his or her parents.

N-COUNT免稅額

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.

  那些收入低於基本免稅額的人

N-COUNT限額；定量

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.

  我們大多數航班行李限重為每位乘客44磅。

PHRASE考慮到；將…計算在內；為…酌留餘地

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...

  日程安排時我們會把休息時間考慮在內。

• The raw exam results make no allowance for social background.

  原始的考試成績是不受社會背景影響的。

PHRASE體諒；原諒

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，所以我會體諒他。