"rationed" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 定量供应
• 配给

Definition

按固定数量分配，通常因为供应有限。常用于食物、水或其它在短缺时需要的必需品。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

多用于正式或历史语境（如战争时期）。常和“食物”、“水”或“燃料”搭配，表示不能随意获得所需数量。被动用法更常见。

Examples

During the war, food was rationed to everyone.

战争期间，食物被**定量供应**给每个人。

Water was rationed after the pipe broke.

管道破裂后，水被**定量供应**。

Gasoline was rationed to avoid running out.

为了避免用完，汽油被**配给**了。

We were each rationed one chocolate bar per week.

我们每人每周被**定量供应**一根巧克力棒。

Electricity was rationed due to high demand in the city.

由于城市需求量大，电力被**限量供应**。

With supplies so low, everything got rationed fast.

由于物资短缺，一切很快就被**定量分配**了。