单词	ration
释义	ration1 nounration2 verb rationra‧tion1 /ˈræʃən $ ˈræ-, ˈreɪ-/ ●○○ noun Word Origin WORD ORIGINration1 Origin: 1700-1800 French, Latin ratio; ➔ RATIO Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES In the army we received a daily ration of meat. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS An animal with a good diet will be larger than its twin on starvation rations. At a stroke we were on firm discipline and short rations. Both soil augers have snapped and I fought with Greg over the food rations. Iron rations were issued for the train or bus journey. No one had sleeping gear, or even a decent selection of C rations. No one seemed to have told them about ration books. The party gave the three some guns and offered them their equal share of the remaining rations. The situation improved, but regular food rations were still barely sufficient to sustain a healthy life. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► food/clothes/meat etc ration  the weekly meat ration a coal ration of 4 kg a month ► meagre rations  The prisoners were queuing for their meagre rations (=small rations). ► on short rations  We were on short rations (=given a smaller amount than usual). COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► daily · Others need precise daily rations of sunlight that change with the seasons if they are to start flowering at a particular time.· Would there be enough of it in our daily ration?· Another little group lines up with empty tin cans by the single water truck, waiting for the daily ration.· In the next chapter you will find guidance on your own ideal daily calorie ration. ► meagre · They paraded the smart streets of West London, displaying their meagre weekly rations.· When one looks back, it is with amazement that survival on the meagre rations was possible. ► short · At a stroke we were on firm discipline and short rations. NOUN► books · Cassie didn't see Bella troubling her head with clothing coupons and ration books.· And they still had ration books when I was a kid.· No one seemed to have told them about ration books.· Almost all food is now legally available only to those with ration books. ► food · When the food rations arrive, women have to walk and then to wait again.· The situation improved, but regular food rations were still barely sufficient to sustain a healthy life.· Both soil augers have snapped and I fought with Greg over the food rations.· The United Nations has reported tightening of food rations already in the country.· All the crews have been warned to carry emergency food rations.· As food stocks have declined, so has the official food ration, the United Nations says.· Former combatants waiting to be disarmed in demilitarisation camps have been starved of food rations and other support. ► iron · These would be my iron rations for a hard day's cruising the streets in Armstrong.· For Jaq by no means equated iron duty with iron rations. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► rations U.S. planes dropped army rations to refugees along the border. 1[countable, uncountable] a fixed amount of something that people are allowed to have when there is not enough, for example during a warfood/clothes/meat etc ration the weekly meat ration a coal ration of 4 kg a monthon ration Even wool was on ration in the war.2rations [plural] a fixed amount of food given to a soldier or member of a group:  emergency food rations The prisoners were queuing for their meagre rations (=small rations). We were on short rations (=given a smaller amount than usual).3[singular] an amount of something that you think is reasonable or normalration of holidaymakers who like a generous ration of open-air activity ration1 nounration2 verb rationration2 verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE ration Simple Form Present I, you, we, they ration he, she, it rations Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they rationed Present perfect I, you, we, they have rationed he, she, it has rationed Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had rationed Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will ration Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have rationed Continuous Form Present I am rationing he, she, it is rationing you, we, they are rationing Past I, he, she, it was rationing you, we, they were rationing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been rationing he, she, it has been rationing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been rationing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be rationing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been rationing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Sugar, cooking oil and rice will also be rationed. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS At least we don't have to bother with milk rationing like they do in the towns. But times had changed since 1898; wartime regulations had rationed liquor purchases to one bottle per month per customer. By the time I'd recovered I was skinnier than ever, having been rationed to an orange a day. Cigarettes were rationed at thirty-five a week. Fuel rationing started and I canceled my trip. In one of my close acquaintances at B.P., rationing and shortages seemed to effect an eccentric metamorphosis. It is a mode of rationing. Petrol was so strictly rationed in wartime that bikes were always in demand. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► food · Calculation How is food to be rationed - on the journey; expedition; during the siege?· Almost 10 years of bombing and economic sanctions have taken an enormous toll. Food is rationed, as is electricity. 1to control the supply of something because there is not enough:  Fuel was rationed during the war.GRAMMAR Ration is usually passive in this meaning.2to allow someone only a small amount of something:  the need to ration health care resources diets which ration fatration somebody/something to something He rationed himself to 4 cigarettes a day. I try to ration the children’s television viewing to an hour a day.
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