allowance /əˈlaʊəns/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-COUNT 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. 补贴

  例：

  She gets an allowance for taking care of Amy.

  她照顾艾米是有津贴的。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT [美国英语] →see pocket money

• 3. 

  N-COUNT A particular type of allowance is an amount of something that you are allowed in particular circumstances. 限额

  例：

  Most of our flights have a baggage allowance of 44 lbs per passenger.

  我们大多数航班的行李限量是每位乘客44磅。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT Your tax allowance is the amount of money that you are allowed to earn before you have to start paying income tax. 免税额 [英国英语]

  例：

  Changes for this year include an increase in the tax allowance.

  今年的变化是免税额的增加。

  例：

  Income taxes skyrocketed and tax allowances were lowered.

  所得税急剧上升而免税额却下降了。

• 5. 

  PHRASE If you make allowances for something, you take it into account in your decisions, plans, or actions. 考虑到某事

  例：

  They'll make allowances for the fact it's affecting our performance.

  他们会将影响我们表现的因素考虑进去的。

  例：

  She tried to make allowances for his age.

  她已经尽力考虑到他的年龄了。

• 6. 

  PHRASE If you make allowances for someone, you accept behaviour from them that you would not normally accept, because of a problem that they have. 体谅某人

  例：

  He's tired so I'll make allowances for him.

  他累了，所以我会体谅他的。