| 单词 | rationing |
| 释义 | rationing (once / 5979 pages) n Rationing is carefully controlling the amount of something that people use. During World War Two, Americans participated in the rationing of food, gasoline, and other materials. When something is in short supply, like rubber and metal during the Second World War, a government will often institute rationing to save that material, making sure there's enough of it for emergencies. Rationing during the war meant that people had a specific amount of food they could buy each week, and once an item was used up, they had to wait until they got a new ration book to buy more. Ration means "hand out in fixed amounts." WORD FAMILYration: rationing, rations USAGE EXAMPLESFood rationing grew so severe that Venezuelans spent all day waiting in lines. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) Rationing was increased, and industrial enterprises were cut back or shut down as Cuban workers were shifted to agriculture. Washington Post(Nov 26, 2016) As Cuba’s economic output fell by at least 35%, Mr. Castro declared a “special period in peacetime” of strict rationing. Wall Street Journal(Nov 26, 2016) n the act of rationing during the war the government imposed rationing of food and gasoline Hyper allocation, allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan |
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