ration

配給量、配給食

食料などの限られた物資について、一人が受け取れる決まった量。

やさしい英語で： A fixed amount of food or another limited supply that someone is allowed to have.

• We received our daily ration of rice.
• The soldiers carried enough rations for three days.
• Has everyone collected their water ration?

使い方： ration of something (Each soldier received a ration of bread.)

類義語： allowance, allotment, portion

よく使う表現： daily ration, food ration, ration of something

配給する、使用量を制限する

全員に十分な量がないため、一人に渡す量を決めて制限する。

やさしい英語で： To give people only a fixed amount of something because there is not enough for everyone.

• We must ration our water.
• The government rationed fuel during the shortage.
• Was sugar rationed during the war?

類義語： limit, allocate

よく使う表現： ration food, ration water, ration fuel

制限する

自分や他人が活動や楽しみに使える時間や回数などを制限する。

やさしい英語で： To allow yourself or someone else only a fixed amount of an activity or enjoyment.

• We ration the children's screen time.
• He rationed himself to one coffee break each morning.
• Should parents ration television during exam week?

使い方： ration someone to something (She rationed herself to one hour of television a day.)

類義語： limit, restrict, curb

よく使う表現： ration screen time, ration yourself, ration someone's television