al·low·ance
noun/əˈlaʊəns/
/əˈlaʊəns/
Idioms - 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 Examples- She 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 a care allowance for their disabled daughter.
他们为残疾女儿领取护理津贴。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- generous
- large
- meagre/meager
- …
- be entitled to
- get
- receive
- …
- allowance of
- allowance for
- an allowance of $20 a day
- 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.
罗马士兵领取盐津贴，称为salarium，是“salary”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
- a baggage allowance of 20 kilos
- (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
（父母给孩子的）零花钱 - (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
- personal tax allowances
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（如在制定决策或计划时） - 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。
- The budget made allowance for inflation.
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。
- You have to make allowances for him because he’s tired.