make allowance(s) 考慮

說明:

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

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 accounttake into account something 也可以)或 take something into considerationtake 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