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

• But let's be clear: Earmarks account for$ 18 billion in last year's budget.
  让我们把话说清楚：在去年的预算中，特别拨款占了180亿美元。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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）。
• The film has all the earmarks of an epic.
  这部电影具有雄壮史诗的一切特点。
• For example, a bill to fund our military can be loaded up with unjustified earmarks and other spending that may not add to our national security.
  举个例子，即使是一项拨往我们军队的支出，但如果它可以附带暗箱操作和其它没有意义的支出，就不能被添加入我们国土防御的预算中。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。