| 单词 | allot |
| 释义 | allot (once / 685 pages) v When you allot something, you are giving out portions: “Becky was able to allot five snacks per employee, but in the afternoon some workers sneaked back into the break room for more.” Be careful not to mistake allot for “a lot” (a large number), which has a similar spelling and the same pronunciation. Use the verb allot when you need to describe the act of assigning portions of something — be it snacks, time, or blame. The word is often used in the sense of an official group, such as a government or a corporation, dividing up and distributing small portions of something desirable, such as funding, shares, or land: “Zenitech Corporation was able to allot land rights to four groups in the area.” WORD FAMILYallot: alloted, alloting, allotment, allots, allotted, allotting, reallot+/allotment: allotments/reallot: reallotment, reallotted/reallotment: reallotments USAGE EXAMPLESSenate and House, plus the three votes allotted to Washington, D.C. Seattle Times(Dec 23, 2016) As soon as celebrities forget their allotted role, the hounds of hell are let loose upon them. The Guardian(Dec 20, 2016) The Electoral College delegation will meet in Trenton to officially allot the state’s 14 electoral votes to Democrats Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine. Washington Times(Dec 19, 2016) 1v give out Syn|Hypo|Hyper assign, portion allow, appropriate, earmark, reserve, set aside give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause allocate, apportiondistribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose reallocate, reapportionallocate, distribute, or apportion anew ration, ration outdistribute in rations, as in the army award, presentgive, especially as an honor or reward administer, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out administer or bestow, as in small portions 2v administer or bestow, as in small portions Syn|Hypo|Hyper administer, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out assign, portion give out reallotallot again dealdistribute cards to the players in a game apply, givegive or convey physically allow, appropriate, earmark, reserve, set asidegive or assign a resource to a particular person or cause allocate, apportiondistribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose misdealdeal cards wrongly treadapply (the tread) to a tire administerperform (a church sacrament) ritually give transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody 3v allow to have Syn|Hypo|Hyper accord, grant give accord by verdict enfranchisegrant voting rights give transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody |
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