n.[C]

1. 配给量，定量
   The small ration of rice could hardly satisfy his hunger.

   配给他的一点点米并不能使他免除饥饿。

2. 【军】（日需）给养；（日需）口粮[P]
   military rations

   军用口粮

3. 一份配给品

vt.

1. 配给供应，定量供应
   Sugar was rationed before.

   以前，糖是定量供应的。

2. 对……实行限量供应[（+to）]
   Food was rationed to the public during the war.

   战争期间，食物限量供应给公众。

n.

1. a fixed amount of a commodity officially allowed to each person during a time of shortage, as in wartime.
2. (rations) an amount of food supplied on a regular basis to members of the armed forces during a war.
3. (rations) food; provisions.

v.

1. limit the supply of (a commodity) to fixed rations.
2. limit the amount of a commodity available to (someone).