make allowance(s) 考慮

說明:

allowance 解「津貼」、「補助」。比如:education allowance。

但 make allowance 中的 allowance 是指「空間」、「餘地」。自十七世紀晚期,make allowance 已引伸為「考慮」的意思。

allowance 可以加 “s”,也可以不加。之後可接 for something。

同一個意思但不同的說法有 take something into account(take into account something 也可以)或 take something into consideration(take into consideration something 也可以)。

例子:

We will make allowance for your workload.

We will take your workload into account.

We will take your workload into consideration.


by Thomas Shum