ration
ration
noun
come up (或 be given) with the rations
noun
- a fixed amount of a commodity officially allowed to each person during a time of shortage, as in wartime
（战争等供应短缺时期政府给予的）配给量，定量
1947 saw the bread ration reduced on two occasions.
1947年面包配给量曾两度下调。
■(一般作 rations)an amount of food supplied on a regular basis, especially to members of the armed forces during a war
（尤指战争时期配发给军人的）口粮；给养
■(rations)food; provisions
口粮；供应品
their emergency rations ran out.
他们的应急物品用完了。
■(figurative)a fixed amount of a particular thing
(喻)（东西的）一定数量
holidaymakers who like a generous ration of activity.
喜欢大量活动的度假者。
- [with obj.](一般作be rationed)allow each person to have only a fixed amount of (a particular commodity)
配给供应，定量供应
petrol was so strictly rationed that bikes were always in demand.
汽油供应严格定量，自行车因此总是供不应求。
■(ration someone to)allow someone to have only (a fixed amount of a certain commodity)
定量配给
the population was rationed to four litres of water per person per day.
民众每人每天配给四升水。
come up (或 be given) with the rations
- (military slang)(of a medal) be awarded automatically and without regard to merit
(军俚)（勋章）按人颁发（并非根据论功行赏原则授予）
- early 18th cent.: from French, from Latin ratio(n-) 'reckoning, ratio'
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