Embodiments of this application provide resource allocation methods and apparatuses. One method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, resource allocation information that indicates a first resource, determining, by the terminal device, a second resource based on the resource allocation information and an offset value represented by M, wherein the offset value is configured based on higher layer signaling and indicates a start location of the first resource offsets from a start location of the second resource by M resource units, and sending, by the terminal device, uplink data on the second resource to a network device.