[with obj.]give or apportion (something) to someone 分派(某物)给某人 equal time was allotted to each. 每个人分配相同的时间。 [with two objs]I was allotted a little room in the servant's block. 分给我佣人套房中的一小间。
语源
late 15th cent.: from Old French aloter, from a- (from Latin ad 'to') + loter 'divide into lots'