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 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。
• 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。
• He has all the earmarks of being a thief.
  他天生一副贼相。
• 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。
• But the fact is that eliminating earmarks alone is not a recipe for how we're going to get the middle class back on track.
  但问题是仅仅消除专项拨款，并不是让中产阶级回到正常轨道上来的办法。
• Estimates of the cost of "earmarks" in the legislation vary.
  对这项议案中的专项拨款的所需费用做出的估算不同。
• They have found common cause in attacking "earmarks", the pet projects that lawmakers insert into bills.
  他们已经将声讨“特定用途之处”作为共同事业，这正是法律制定者们梦寐以求的计划。
• 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。
• His speeches are peppered with pledges to get rid of earmarks ( spending tagged for politicians'pet projects).
  他在其演讲中反复提到要杜绝特别拨款（政客们中饱私囊的项目）。