rations, diet, food, provisions, table
这五个词都可作“食物”解。它们的区别在于:food是一般用语,在科学上指把植物作为营养的东西,常有plant food那样的用法; diet指惯常的或规定的食物,特指维持健康的定量或定质的食物,又指疗养时规定的食物,也指肉食或素食等食物。常指病人,犯人,减肥者等吃的食物; provisions意为“一批粮食”,指即时应用或储藏备用的食物; rations指配给的定量食物; table指陈列于桌上的食品,一般是较丰盛的。例如:
Milk is the natural food for young babies.牛奶是婴儿的天然食物。
I like a simple diet best.我最喜欢粗茶淡饭。
I'm going to buy provisions for the holidays.我要去买一些假期所需要的食物。
People in some countries live on rations.一些国家的人们靠配给的定量食物为生。
He keeps a good table.他备盛宴以待客。
At some point in the course of its growth the pig is usually rationed.
在幼猪生长的不同阶段,通常为其安排一定口粮.
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Staples such as bread, rice and tea are already being rationed.
面包、大米和茶叶等日常必需品已实行配给。
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Motorists will be rationed to thirty litres of petrol a month.
汽车司机每月的油量将限定为30升。
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Many basic goods are now rationed. Less and less is available.
很多基本商品现在都要定量供给。能买到的东西越来越少。
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He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed.
即使是在香烟限量供应时他也能设法弄到额外的香烟.
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There's a black market in rationed goods.
实行定量配给的商品存在黑市交易。
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If the drought continues through autumn, water may need to be rationed.
报道说,如果西班牙的干旱情况在今年秋得不到缓解, 当地的饮用水将被限量供应.
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Food was rationed to the public during the war.
战争期间,食物限量供应给公众.
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Bread was rationed during the siege of the city.
在围城期间面包被定量配给.
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Water must now be rationed.
现在必须将供水加以限制.
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When supplies ran short we were rationed.
粮食缺乏时,我们实行定量供应制.
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The army is well rationed.
部队给养良好.
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We were rationed to two eggs a day.
每天配给我们两个鸡蛋.
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Old women rationed to 14 kilograms of grain a month.
对老年妇女每个月配给粮食14公斤.
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The remaining water was rationed ( out ) carefully among the survivors.
剩下的水小心地被分配给生存者.
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