劃出來的上限
核心畫面裡「被允許的那一份」保持不變，只是重點從「拿到多少」移到「可以到多少為止」。
allowance, permitted amount · noun · C1
An amount of something that is safe or within the limit, such as vitamins each day or the weight of bags you may take.
限額
核心畫面
One way to hold it: an amount that has been set aside for you in advance and marked 'this much is allowed'. Someone drew a line — you may have this much money, carry this many , earn this much untaxed — and inside that line you are free. An allowance is a permitted portion, decided before you use it.
有人事先替你劃出一塊額度，上面寫著「這麼多，可以」。可能是每月給你的一筆錢、行李可以帶的重量、收入中不必課稅的部分—…更多收起
有人事先替你劃出一塊額度，上面寫著「這麼多，可以」。可能是每月給你的一筆錢、行李可以帶的重量、收入中不必課稅的部分——線畫在哪裡是別人決定的，但線以內你自由使用。所以 allowance 幾乎總是「事先分配好、有上限的一份」；它不是你賺來的全部，而是被允許的那一份。From the picture
心裡預留的餘地
還是「事先撥出一份」，只是撥出去的不是錢，而是你的計畫空間和你對人的寬容度。
allowance, a factor to plan for · noun · C1
Something you keep in mind when you decide what is likely to happen, or what you should plan for.
預留
Also in this word
allowance, regular payment · noun · C1
A sum of money that someone gives you regularly, or for a special purpose such as clothes or travel costs.
津貼
allowance, child's pocket money · noun · C1
A small amount of money that a parent regularly gives to a child, often each week.
零用錢
原始詞典資料13 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
allowancenoun/əˈlaʊəns/
- 1
Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting.
- you sent a large commission to Gregory de Cassado, to conclude, without the King's will or the state's allowance
- [Mr. Michie] Q[uestion]. Didn't Dr. Carter, Director of the OHTA [Office of Health Technology Assessment], and Martin Erlichman, OHTA scientific analyst assigned to this assessment, express to you concerns about 60 days being unreasonable as far as timeframe was concerned for this assessment? [Mr. Marshall] A[nswer]. There was some discussion about that, but that occurred some time later when we made the decision to put a notice in the Federal Register. We—when we do an assessment, we put a notice in the Federal Register and then that requires the allowance of a certain amount of time for public comment.
- 2
Acknowledgment.
- The censure of the which one must in your allowance overweigh a whole theater of others.
- 3
An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.
- her meagre allowance of food or drink
- Being a volunteer is unpaid, but we get accommodation and a living allowance of 100 euros a week.
- 4
An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.
- She gives her daughters each an allowance of thirty dollars a month.
- Some persons averred that Sir Pitt Crawley gave his brother a handsome allowance.
- 5
Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances.
- to make allowance for his naivety
- After making the largest allowance for fraud.
- 6
businesscommerceA deduction from the gross weight of goods, such as to discount their container's weight or per a custom differing by country.
- Minus the allowance, the total came to thirteen tons.
- 7
hobbieshorse-racinghorseracingA permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry.
- On the Flat, an apprentice jockey starts with an allowance of 7 lb.
- 8
A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.
另外 3 個記錄的用法
- 9
obsoleteApproval; approbation.
- […]gave allowance where he needed none
- 10
obsoleteLicense; indulgence.
- this Allowance for their Transgressions
- 11
engineeringnatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesA planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension.
allowanceverb/əˈlaʊəns/
- 1
To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink).
- The captain was obliged to allowance his crew.
- 2
To supply in a fixed and limited quantity.
- Our provisions were allowanced.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。