"restriction to limited allotments," 1865, verbal noun from ration (v.). Specifically of restrictions during wartime from 1917, from conditions in England during World War I.
双语例句
1. Rationing had put an end to a surfeit of biscuits long ago.
定量供应很久以前就结束了饼干过剩的状况。
来自柯林斯例句
2. As a hangover from rationing, they mixed butter and margarine.
作为食品配给制的一种遗留影响，他们总把黄油和人造黄油混在一起吃。
来自柯林斯例句
3. They righteously maintain that they do not practise rationing.
他们一本正经地坚称不实行定量配给制度。
来自柯林斯例句
4. It reckons that rationing would ossify the farm industry.
