【allotment】 - A-level备考词汇

allotment

UK:  [ə'lɒtmənt]

US:  [ə'lɑtmənt]

复数：allotments  

n.

1.分配,分派;份额

2.〔英国〕(划成小块出租的)副业生产地

3.配额

4.充当

5.依靠

6.矿建用地

7.绿地

8.矿段

9.命运,天命

10.【美军】从工资中扣除的费用(如扣除亲属赡养费,人寿保险费)

1 . The next day, Brown said, the use of the allotment by the government-funded mobile phone number of a public officer is too many.
第二天，布朗就表示，使用由政府出资配发的手机的公职人员人数实在太多了。

2 . As the fire was always going out on me I soon used up my allotment of wood.
炉子总灭，所以我很快便用完了配给的木柴。

3 . Much to our surprise, we were able to secure a small allotment of these exquisite coins.
但令我们惊讶的是，我们能够取得这些精美的小硬币分配。

4 . A proportional share, as of goods, assigned to a group or to each member of a group; an allotment.
定额一定比例的份额，如货物，分配给一组或一组中的每个成员；配给物。

5 . Within minutes the scattered boats lay still, and the seascape takes on an air of quiet industry, a watery allotment land.
散开的船只在几分钟内就停好了。平静地从天空俯瞰海景，这是一片海岛。