rationra•tion

vt

1. 定量供应

• Sugar and coal were rationed. 糖和煤是定量供应的。

• We were rationed to two eggs a week. 我们每周分得两个鸡蛋。

2. 平均分配(食物等)

• ration the remaining water out among the survivors 在幸存者中平均分配剩余的水

3. 节制，约束

• The writer rations himself over figures of speech. 这位作家不滥用修辞手法。

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