Allowances是什么意思？

Allowances

• n. 津贴( allowance的名词复数 )，补助，1 限额，定量 2 免税额；

例句

• Government officials who travel on business are given traveling allowances. 因公出差的政府官员享有出差补贴。
• The Commissioners get between £50,000 and 60,000 a year in various allowances. But that amount can soar to 90,000 a year. 委员们每年领取的各种津贴在5万到6万英镑之间，但最高可达9万英镑。
• The court was asked to make allowances for his age. 人们要求法庭考虑他的年龄.
• Both sides are willing to make allowances for each other's political sensitivities. 双方都愿意体谅彼此的政治敏感问题。
• The Commissioners get between £50,000 and 60,000 a year in various allowances. But that amount can soar to 90,000 a year... 委员们每年领取的各种津贴在 5 万到 6 万英镑之间，但最高可达 9 万英镑。
• Lei Feng, always thrifty, had saved this sum from his allowances. 雷锋一向节省, 这笔钱是他从津贴中省下来的.
• Tax payment is limited to a maximum of the standard total assessable income before allowances. 应缴税款将不超过以标准税率计算扣除免税额前之总收入.
• Teachers have joined a strike aimed at forcing the government to pay overdue salaries and allowances. 教师加入了旨在迫使政府支付拖欠薪水和津贴的罢工。
• Both sides are willing to make allowances for each other's political sensitivities... 双方都愿意体谅彼此的政治敏感问题。
• Serious attention is being given to diluting the value of personal tax allowances. 人们正密切关注降低个人收入免税额度一事。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  （定期发给的）津贴，补助
  An allowance is money that is given to someone, usually on a regular basis, in order to help them pay for the things that they need.
  例句
  He lives on a single parent's allowance of £70 a week... 他靠每周70英镑的单亲家庭生活补助过日子。 She gets an allowance for looking after Lillian. 她因为照顾莉莲而拿补贴。
• N-COUNT
  （儿童的）零用钱
  A child's allowance is money that is given to him or her every week or every month by his or her parents.
• N-COUNT
  免税额
  Your tax allowance is the amount of money that you are allowed to earn before you have to start paying income tax.
  例句
  ...those earning less than the basic tax allowance. 那些收入低于基本免税额的人
• N-COUNT
  限额；定量
  A particular type of allowance is an amount of something that you are allowed in particular circumstances.
  例句
  Most of our flights have a baggage allowance of 44lbs per passenger. 我们大多数航班行李限重为每位乘客44磅。
• PHRASE
  考虑到；将…计算在内；为…酌留余地
  If you make allowances for something, you take it into account in your decisions, plans, or actions.
  例句
  We'll make allowances in the schedule for time off... 日程安排时我们会把休息时间考虑在内。 The raw exam results make no allowance for social background. 原始的考试成绩是不受社会背景影响的。
• PHRASE
  体谅；原谅
  If you make allowances for someone, you accept behaviour which you would not normally accept or deal with them less severely than you would normally, because of a problem that they have.
  例句
  He's tired so I'll make allowances for him. 他很累，所以我会体谅他。