爱华网One-child families are allotted the same amount of housing land andprivate plot as 2-child families.
He allots himself an hour a day for exercises.
We have been allotted 500 sq. m. for the exhibition.
Allocate常与表“金钱”、“财产”、“领土”、“权力”这类词连用，有“给予某人/集团专用”的意思：
the districts of Czechoslovakia allocated to Germany by the MunichAgreement.
The municipality has allocated a sum of money for the constructionof the bridge.
One-child urban families are allocated the same housing space as2-child families...
Take the system of "to each according to his work" as the mainmethod of allocating income while complementing it with other formsof distribution.
... the central government...decided to allocate an investment of240 million yuan which was placed under the company''scontrol
Management, administration, and allocation of labor force werehighly centralized under the commune system.
Distribute基本的意思是“将某物分成若干部分后分发给若干人”，如：
to distribute handbills
to distribute profits among employees
...land owned by landlords were taken over and redistributed to 300million peasants
The fund has been distributed in the best interests of those inneed of relief.
We distribute this kind of tractors throughout the thirdworld.
Distribute, allot,allocate三个词都可以和“一笔款”连用，但distribute表示分配给“若干人”，而allot和allocate还可表示分配“给某个人专用”。
Characteristic, feature:
Characteristic和feature都有“特色”的意思，但characteristic基本的意思是“特征”，指恒定的、使某人或物有别于其他的人或物的属性和特质，如：
a characteristic of Western/Chinese civilization
women''s physiological characteristics
The nationalities in China have all retained their special nationalcharacteristics.
Feature的意思是“特色”或“特点”；feature不表示属性或特质，而是指某物（如脸面、景色、物体、性格）的一部分，因其外形或重要性突出而引人注目，如：
the geographical features of the region
Her dancing eyes are her most attractive features.
An important feature of our work is students'' involvement.
The most outstanding national feature is thelanguage.
