an amount of money that is given to somebody regularly or for a particular purpose 津贴；补贴；补助 an allowance of $20 a day 每天 20 美元补贴 a clothing/living/travel allowance 服装／生活／交通补贴 Do you get an allowance for clothing? 你有服装补贴吗？ 🔊🔊
Extra ExamplesShe spends her allowance on clothes. 她用津贴来买衣服。 The weekly allowance for each child is £15. 每个孩子 1 周的补贴是 15 英镑。 You may be entitled to a housing allowance if you are in a low-paid job. 如果你工作收入低，就可能有权享受住房补贴。 The grant includes a travel allowance of £60 and a book allowance of £250. 补助金包括60英镑的旅行津贴和250英镑的书本津贴。 They receive an invalid care allowance for their disabled daughter. 他们为残疾女儿获得了无效的照料津贴。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- generous
- large
- meagre/meager
- …
- be entitled to
- get
- receive
- …
- allowance of
- allowance for
the amount of something that is allowed in a particular situation 限额；定量 a baggage allowance of 20 kilos 行李限重 20 公斤 Roman soldiers received a salt allowance, called salarium, the origin of the word salary. 罗马士兵获得了盐津贴，称为薪水，是薪金一词的由来。 The recommended daily allowance of vitamin C is 60–90 milligrams. 维生素 C 的每日建议摄取量是 60 － 90 毫克。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- baggage
- tax
- holiday
- …
- be entitled to
- get
- have
- …
- recommended daily allowance
- (especially North American English) (also pocket money especially in British English)
a small amount of money that parents give their children, usually every week or every month 免税额 - (British English, specialist)
an amount of money that can be earned or received before you start paying tax 免税额 personal tax allowances 直接税免税额
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French alouance, from alouer, from Latin allaudare ‘to praise’, reinforced by medieval Latin allocare ‘to place’, from ad- ‘to’ + locare, from locus ‘place’.
Idioms
make allowance(s) for something
to consider something, for example when you are making a decision or planning something 考虑到，估计到（如在制订决策或计划时） The budget made allowance for inflation. 预算考虑到了通货膨胀。 🔊🔊 The plan makes no allowance for people working at different rates. 这个计划没有把人们工作速度不同考虑在内。 🔊🔊
make allowances (for somebody)
to allow somebody to behave in a way that you would not usually accept, because of a problem or because there is a special reason 体谅；谅解 You have to make allowances for him because he’s tired. 你得体谅他，因为他累了。