单词 | rationing |
释义 | ra·tion·ing /ˈræʃənɪŋ/ noun [uncountable] when the amount of food, petrol etc that people are allowed to have is limited by the government 定量配给政策;配给制fuel/clothes/food etc rationing News of bread rationing created panic buying. 面包将定量配给的消息引发了恐慌性购买。Examples from the Corpusrationing• She came to the throne after a decade of war and rationing.• If credit rationing has been in force, then a relaxation of controls will increase borrowing and spending.• Among other privations, energy rationing had been introduced for the first time in the capital, Havana, in mid-April.• The method was harsh, but brought a 17 percent drop in retail prices and an end to formal rationing.• It was just a brief spell of ownership; the war meant petrol rationing.• The first supermarket appeared in 1955, with the end of wartime rationing.• I did a good trade, but I gave it all up when rationing came in.fuel/clothes/food etc rationing• Because of clothes rationing, fashion was abandoned but vanity not totally so.ra·tion·ing nounChineseSyllable are petrol allowed food, of the etc people when that Corpus amount |
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