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

• 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。
• 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。
• The film has all the earmarks of an epic.
  这部电影具有雄壮史诗的一切特点。
• 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。
• That bill contains thousands of earmarks.
  这份草算案包括上千个专项资金拨款。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。