earmarks

英 [ˈɪəmɑːks]

美 [ˈɪrmɑːrks]

v.  指定…的用途; 预先安排，确定(未来发生的事情)
earmark的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 指定（款项等）用作特定用途
  If resources such as moneyare earmarked fora particular purpose, they are reserved for that purpose.
  1. ...the extra money being earmarked for the new projects...
     指定用于新项目的额外资金
  2. The education department has earmarked £6m for the new school...
     教育部为这所新学校划拨了600万英镑的专款。
  3. Some of the money has been earmarked to pay for the resettlement of people from contaminated areas.
     部分经费被指定用于受污染区域群众的重新安置。
  4. ...money earmarked for environmental purposes.
     环境保护专款
• VERB 决定，确定(关闭、处理等)
  If somethinghas been earmarked forclosure or disposal, for example, people have decided that it will be closed or got rid of.
  1. Their support meant that he was not forced to sell the business which was earmarked for disposal last year...
     他们的支持意味着他不必被迫出售去年已决定要卖掉的公司。
  2. The pit was one of the 31 earmarked for closure by the Trade and Industry Secretary.
     这是工贸大臣明确指出要关闭的31个矿井之一。

双语例句

• Influence-peddling and deal-making are part of politics the world over but the earmarks system is peculiarly american.
  裙带关系和暗中交易是全世界政坛的组成部分，但“指定拨款”制度完全是美国式的。
• And they have pledged to strip out all "earmarks", the tagged spending plans through which politicians direct funds to their home districts.
  并且他们誓将清理所有的“专项拨款”&通过这种圈定的支出计划，政客们往往直接把钱拨向自己的选区。
• Every year, PPG earmarks funds for environmental protection initiatives such as pollution prevention and reduction, reduced resource consumption, and waste recovery and disposal.
  PPG每年都会投入巨额资金用于环境保护，其中包括污染防治，降低资源耗用，废弃物回收、正确处理等诸多项目。
• He has all the earmarks of being a thief.
  他天生一副贼相。
• The projects, commonly known as earmarks, cost billions of dollars.
  这些俗称专项拨款的项目会耗费数十亿美元。
• There will be-let me say it again-there will be no earmarks in this economic recovery plan.
  让我再说一遍，在经济复苏计划中，不会有任何特别拨款。
• Has all the earmarks of a shell corporation.
  已特别注意一家空壳公司。
• As a percentage of federal spending, we have cut earmarks by half in this bill.
  作为联邦开支的一部分，我们已经把这项议案中的专项拨款削减了一半。
• Just as important, in applied research, Mr Obama's stimulus earmarks$ 17bn to convert patient records into electronic form, allowing far more detailed analysis of medical conditions and outcomes.
  同样重要的是，在应用研究领域，奥巴马从刺激计划中专门拨出170亿美元，用于将患者病历转为电子格式，为更详细的医疗条件和结果分析提供了可能。
• As President, time and again, I've called for new limitations on earmarks.
  作为总统，一次又一次，我呼吁对专项资金增加新的限制。