ration（名词/动词）：定量配给；配给量；（在资源短缺时）限量供给、定量分配。常见于战争、灾害、供应紧张等语境。
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During the storm, the town had to ration water.
暴风雨期间，小镇不得不限量供水。
Food was rationed for months, and each family received a fixed ration based on the number of people in the household.
食物被配给了好几个月，每个家庭按家庭人口数领取固定的配给量。
来自法语 ration，进一步源自拉丁语 ratio（计算、分配、份额）。最初与“计算出来的份额”有关，后来引申为在特殊时期“按份量发放的供应”。
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