allowance /əˈlawəns/ noun plural allowances
plural allowances
Learner's definition of ALLOWANCE
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a : an amount of money that is given to someone regularly or for a specific purpose津貼;補貼;補助 b chiefly US : a small amount of money that is regularly given to children by their parents(父母給孩子的)零花錢 2 [count]
a : an amount of something (such as time) that is allowed or available限額;定量 b : an amount that is regarded as acceptable or desirable可攝入量 c : an amount that is subtracted from the price of something折價;折扣 d British : an amount of your earnings that you do not have to pay taxes on免稅額 3
a [noncount] : the act of thinking about or including something when you make a plan, calculation, etc.考慮 -
When you're comparing costs from different decades, you need to make allowance for inflation. [=you need to allow for inflation]在比較不同年代的開銷時,你要把通貨膨脹考慮進去。
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His theory makes no allowance for [=does not allow for] the possibility that the disease may be genetic.他的理論沒把那種病可能具有遺傳性考慮在内。
b : the act of regarding bad behavior or a mistake as less serious or bad because of some special situation or condition體諒;原諒 [noncount]
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She performed poorly, but we should make some allowance for her inexperience. = Some allowance should be made for her inexperience. [=because she is inexperienced, we should not blame her too much for performing poorly]她演得不好,不過我們應該體諒她缺少經驗。
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[noncount] formal : the act of allowing something允許;接受;認可