allowance
noun uk/əˈlaʊ.əns/ us/əˈlaʊ.əns/
(AMOUNT GIVEN)
C1 [ C ]（尤指为特定事项支付的）定期补贴，津贴
money that you are given regularly, especially to pay for a particular thing
The perks of the job include a company pension and a generous travel allowance. 这份工作的特殊待遇包括公司退休金计划和丰厚的差旅补助。
I couldn't have managed at college if I hadn't had an allowance from my parents. 要不是父母定期给我生活费，我没法读完大学。
[ C ]定量；限额
an amount of something that you are allowed
The baggage/luggage allowance for most flights is 20 kilos. 大多数班机给乘客的行李重量限额是20公斤。
[ C ] mainly US (UK usually pocket money)父母给孩子的钱
an amount of money that parents regularly give to their child to spend as they choose
- More examples
- Gary's been exploiting the system, getting both a student allowance and unemployment benefit.
- A family man's earnings rose 5% in real terms after deducting income tax, insurance, child allowances, etc.
- Paul has to use his car a lot in his new job but he gets a good mileage allowance.
- He gets a small allowance from his father - just enough to live on until he starts to earn money.
- The basic calorie allowance is 2000 calories a day for women and 2500 for men.
(PREPARATION)
make allowance for 顾及，考虑到;为…留出余地
to prepare for the possibility of
We should make allowance for bad weather and have plenty of umbrellas available. 我们应该考虑到有可能会遇上恶劣天气，所以应该备足雨伞。
Our recruitment procedures should make allowance for any disabled candidates who may apply.
His work uses models that don't make allowance for the realities of capitalism.
We made more objects than required for the project to make allowance for defects.
He failed to make allowance for staff absences due to illness.
(ACCEPTING)
make allowances forC2 体谅，谅解;虑及
To make allowances for someone is to think about their characteristics and not judge them too severely.
You should make allowances for him - he's been quite ill recently. 你应该体谅他——他最近一直病得不轻。
"This is a poor piece of work." "Yes, but you should make allowances for the fact that she's only seven." “这件作品很拙劣。”“不错，但是你不应该忘了，她才只有７岁啊。”
Some reviewers did make allowances for the playwright's youth.
Even making allowances for the public's changing tastes, these paintings seem extremely dreary.
As an outsider, I hope you will make allowances for my ignorance!