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

• 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。
• The film has all the earmarks of an epic.
  这部电影具有雄壮史诗的一切特点。
• 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。
• Has all the earmarks of a shell corporation.
  已特别注意一家空壳公司。
• That bill contains thousands of earmarks.
  这份草算案包括上千个专项资金拨款。
• Still, Ms MacGuineas thinks Mr Obama has to start with waste and earmarks to build the necessary credibility for bigger steps.
  然而，玛雅.麦克金尼斯认为奥巴马必须要从遏制浪费现象和议员专设项目做起，才能为今后更大的举措建立可信度。
• Last year, I asked you to voluntarily cut the number and cost of earmarks in half.
  去年，我请你们自动将专项拨款的数目和金额减少一半。
• 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。
• 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。
• President Obama is expected to lay out guidelines this morning to overhaul earmarks.
  预计奥巴马总统今天上午将颁布对专项资金大核查的指导方针。