vt. 　分配；分派 give time, money, tasks, etc. to sb or sth as a share of what is available

　～ a plot of ground for a cemetery　划出一方土地作陵墓用
　～ a profit　分配利润
　～ an assignment　分配任务
　～ six dollars a month for bus fares　留出6美元作每月的公共汽车费

　I allotted six dollars for bus fare and twenty dollars for lunch each month.　我每月分6元作车费，20元作午餐费。
　The Municipality allotted a plot of grounds for a new school.　市政府拨了一块地来兴建校舍。
　The government allots large sums of money for labour insurance and people's welfare each year.　政府每年拨出巨额款项用于劳动保险和人民福利。
　A fixed time is allotted for each question.　每个问题都限定回答时间。
　Large spaces were allotted for parking.　大片空地拨来作停车用。
　They allotted everyone a separate desk.　他们分配给每个人一张单独的桌子。
　I usually allot myself an hour a day for exercises　通常我每天安排一小时锻炼身体。
　The management allotted him a suite of new rooms.　管理部门分给他一套新的房间。
　Each speaker is allotted ten minutes.　每位发言人给10分钟的时间。
　Each stockholder was allotted a handsome share of the profits last year.　去年每个股东都分到一份可观的红利。
　He was allotted a small part of the work.　只把那份工作的一小部分派给他做。
　Because there was so little food, each family was allotted only one pound of rice a week.　因为食品太少，每户人家一星期仅分得1磅大米。
　The Ministry of Culture will be allotted about $6 million this year.　文化部今年要分配到600万美元左右。
　He has allotted various jobs to them.　他已把各种不同的工作分配给他们。
　The company allotted a parking space to each employee.　公司分配每位员工一个停车位。
　A portion, big or small, was allotted to each.　不论多少，每人分到了一份。
　Different tasks were allotted to each member of the committee.　委员会的每位委员都分配了不同工作。
　Only a small part of the project was allotted to us.　那项工程只有小部分分配给了我们。
　How much money has been allotted to us? 　我们分到了多少拨款?
　People rarely understand the difficulty of the job that has been allotted to us.　人们很少能了解到分配给我们的这项工作的难度。
　Three hours have been allotted to this task.　分配了3个小时来完成这项任务。
　Special planes have been allotted to transport daily necessities to the flooded areas.　已经调拨专机向遭受水灾的地区运输日用必需品。
　I managed to complete the test within the time allotted　我设法在限定的时间内完成了试验。
　The exact figure allotted is 900 tons.　分配的确切数字是900吨。
　The museum is planning to increase the amount of space allotted to modern art.　博物馆正在计划增加分配给现代艺术的场地。
　The time allotted was a year, but they completed the project two months ahead of schedule.　规定的时间是一年，但是他们提前两个月完成了那项工程。
　We were unable to finish it in the allotted time.　我们无法在规定的时间里完成这项工作。
　The speaker exceeded his allotted time by 5 minutes.　发言人超过了规定时间5分钟。

 ♣ allot, apportion, assign, distribute
　参见assign条。

　［派生词］ allotment n.小块土地；分配物；分配量
　［同义词］ dispense, distribute, give, grant