n.零用錢；津貼；限額，定量；允許；折扣；考慮

I have to work to earn my allowance. 我非得工作掙零用錢。

She receives a monthly allowance of $500. 她每月收到500美元的津貼。

Your baggage allowance is 75 pounds. 你行李的重量限額是七十五英鎊。

Please don't come in without my allowance. 沒有我的允許,請(qǐng)不要進(jìn)來。

The dealer gave us an allowance on our old car. 車商給我們的舊車打了折扣

She failed one of the exam papers, but we ought to make allowance for the fact that she was ill. 她有一門不及格，但我們必須考慮到她當(dāng)時(shí)有病。

allowance 的基本意思是“津貼,補(bǔ)助,零用錢”,這種津貼或補(bǔ)助一般是按一定規(guī)律或?yàn)槟撤N特殊目的定時(shí)供應(yīng)之物(多為錢),為可數(shù)名詞。

allowance 可引申為“考慮,體諒”,此時(shí)既可作為可數(shù)名詞,又可作為不可數(shù)名詞使用,多用于make allowance(s) for結(jié)構(gòu)中。