英语词源
- rationing (n.)
- "restriction to limited allotments," 1865, verbal noun from ration (v.). Specifically of restrictions during wartime from 1917, from conditions in England during World War I.
权威例句
- 1. Rationing had put an end to a surfeit of biscuits long ago.
- 定量供应很久以前就结束了饼干过剩的状况。
- 2. As a hangover from rationing, they mixed butter and margarine.
- 作为食品配给制的一种遗留影响，他们总把黄油和人造黄油混在一起吃。
- 3. They righteously maintain that they do not practise rationing.
- 他们一本正经地坚称不实行定量配给制度。
- 4. It reckons that rationing would ossify the farm industry.
- 人们认为实行配给制会使农业失去活力。
- 5. During rationing we had a sugar allocation.
- 定量配给时期，糖是限量配给的。