"rationed" in Chinese (Traditional)
定量供應配給
Definition
按固定數量分配,通常因為供應有限。常用於食物、水或其它在短缺時需要的必需品。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
多用於正式或歷史語境(如戰爭時期)。常和“食物”、“水”或“燃料”搭配,表示不能隨意獲得所需數量。被動語態更常見。
Examples
During the war, food was rationed to everyone.
戰爭期間,食物被**定量供應**給每個人。
Water was rationed after the pipe broke.
管道破裂後,水被**定量供應**。
Gasoline was rationed to avoid running out.
為了避免用完,汽油被**配給**了。
We were each rationed one chocolate bar per week.
我們每人每週被**定量供應**一根巧克力棒。
Electricity was rationed due to high demand in the city.
由於城市需求量大,電力被**限量供應**。
With supplies so low, everything got rationed fast.
由於物資短缺,一切很快就被**定量分配**了。