| 单词 | ration |
| 释义 | ration ration // noun, verb
■ noun [C]
1 a fixed amount of food, fuel, etc. that people are officially allowed to have when there is not enough for everyone to have as much as they want: Each family receives a daily ration of bread.
2 rations [pl.] a fixed amount of food given to people who are in a place where there is not much food available: 6 000 boxes of emergency rations were sent to the area. The whole country was on short rations.
■ verb [+ obj]
to limit the amount of sth that people are allowed to have, usually because there is not enough for everyone to have as much as they want: The amount of email you can keep online is rationed. We use price to ration other means of transport, so why not road use? The population was rationed to 4 litres of water per person per day.
rationing // noun [U]: Energy rationing has been introduced in many parts of the country. credit rationing (= limiting the amount of money that people are allowed to borrow)
PHRASAL VERBS
ration sth out to give a small amount of sth to people because only a limited quantity is available |
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