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TOEFL BNC: 8465 COCA: 11504

ration

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
1 ration /ˈræʃən/ noun
plural rations
1 ration
/ˈræʃən/
noun
plural rations
Learner's definition of RATION
[count] : a particular amount of food that is given to one person or animal for one day(食物)配给量,定量
rations [plural] : food or supplies粮食供应;食物储备
[count] : a particular amount of something (such as gasoline or food) that the government allows you to have when there is not enough of it(汽油或食物等短缺时的)定量供应,配给量
2 ration /ˈræʃən/ verb
rations; rationed; rationing
2 ration
/ˈræʃən/
verb
rations; rationed; rationing
Learner's definition of RATION
[+ object]
: to control the amount of (something, such as gasoline or food) that people are allowed to have especially when there is not enough of it(尤指物资匮乏时)实行配给,定量供应
often used as (be) rationed常用作(be) rationed

— rationing

noun [noncount]
TOEFL BNC: 8465 COCA: 11504

ration

1 of 2

noun

ra·​tion ˈra-shən How to pronounce ration (audio) ˈrā- How to pronounce ration (audio)
1
a
: a food allowance for one day
b
rations plural : food, provisions
2
: a share especially as determined by supply

ration

2 of 2

verb

rationed; rationing ˈra-sh(ə-)niŋ How to pronounce ration (audio)
ˈrā-

transitive verb

1
: to supply with or put on rations
2
a
: to distribute as rations
often used with out
b
: to distribute equitably
c
: to use sparingly

Example Sentences

Noun The soldiers were given their rations for the day. The horse was fed its ration of oats. weekly sugar and butter rations Verb During the war, the government rationed gasoline. the region has had to ration water during times of drought
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
As Moscow reduces natural-gas exports to Europe in its face-off with the West over Ukraine, European governments have made contingency plans to encourage conservation and ration gas among energy-intensive industries should supplies run short. William Boston, WSJ, 27 Aug. 2022 Egypt will soon begin to ration electricity used for street lights, sporting venues, and government buildings, and set the air conditioning in shopping malls to a higher temperature, Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly said on Aug. 10. Tim Mcdonnell, Quartz, 11 Aug. 2022 To save money, some patients will ration or skip doses of their medication, said Krutika Amin, associate director of the Affordable Care Act program at the nonprofit KFF, also known as the Kaiser Family Foundation. Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 24 July 2022 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent oil prices soaring and led to U.S. and British bans on Russian energy and, last week, a call to ration natural gas in Europe. New York Times, 24 July 2022 Traders were awaiting a report on U.S. home sales, and European officials rolled out a plan to ration supplies of natural gas amid warnings of disruptions of Russian supplies. Shaurya Malwa, Fortune, 20 July 2022 The new, more-political campaigns advertising direct-to-consumer emergency contraception are rolling out as retailers ration the pills amid a surge in demand. Ed Silverman, STAT, 3 July 2022 According to the Vatican’s refugee website, Japan has the lowest asylum intake ration in the developed world. Julia Mio Inuma, Washington Post, 21 June 2022 As a consequence, hospitals from New Jersey to Washington state have been trying to ration scans for the most serious cases. Darius Tahir, CBS News, 3 June 2022
Verb
Although on the one hand there have been calls from local authorities to ration the use of water resources, on the other hand the country's poor water efficiency remains appalling. Daniela De Lorenzo, Forbes, 31 July 2022 When a major pipeline carrying gas from Russia to Germany cut the supply sharply last month, that heightened fears that Berlin could soon ration energy consumption. New York Times, 16 July 2022 More goods flowing to the war effort meant fewer goods available on the home front, which forced the government to ration everything from food to gasoline while instituting wage and price controls to dampen inflation. David Oshinsky, WSJ, 29 July 2022 But Republicans have raised numerous fiscal objections to additional federal spending, resulting in a stalemate that has forced the Biden administration to ration the funds that remain. Dan Diamond And Tony Romm, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2022 Rising food and fuel costs have forced some street vendors to ration their supplies or raise their prices on what some take for granted as convenient and affordable food. Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2022 Among the witnesses was Antroinette Worsham, whose daughter died because she was forced to ration insulin to treat her diabetes. Claire Leavitt, The Conversation, 28 June 2022 Without a resumption of Russian supplies, the region would have to ration the commodity, giving priority to households and essential services and leaving industry to bear the brunt. Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ, 14 July 2022 On top of that, tens of millions of Americans ration their care. Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

French, from Latin ration-, ratio computation, reason

First Known Use

Noun

circa 1711, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

1834, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of ration was circa 1711
TOEFL BNC: 8465 COCA: 11504
ration

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + RATION | RATION + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEdaily, monthly日配給量;月配給量full全部配給double, extra雙份/額外配給Pregnant women received a double ration of milk.懷孕婦女得到兩份牛奶的配給。meagre/meager少量配給The refugees waited for their meagre / meager rations of soup.難民們等待着少得可憐的配給湯。emergency, humanitarian, short, starvation, wartime rations緊急/人道主義/不足定量的/饑饉/戰時配給We've been put on short rations.我們的配給口糧一直不足。food, gasoline, petrol, water, etc.食物、汽油、水等配給VERB + RATIONgive sb, hand out, provide (sb with)給某人定量配給;(給某人) 提供配給get, receive得到配給consume, eat, have, use, use up消耗配給;使用配給;用完配額You've had your ration of chocolate for the day!你今天的巧克力已經吃得夠多的了!cut, reduce減少配給The guards are going to cut our rations again.看守又要剋扣我們的配給了。RATION + NOUNbook, card, coupon配給票證簿;配給票證卡;配給券PREPOSITIONon a/the ration靠定量配給They are living on starvation rations.他們靠饑饉配給過活。ration of⋯的定量配給our daily ration of bread我們每天定量配給的麪包
ration

verb

ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERBstrictly嚴格配給These foods had to be strictly rationed.這些食物必須嚴格地定量供應。PREPOSITIONto配給限定為⋯They were rationed to one bottle of water each per day.他們每人每天分配到 1 瓶水。

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