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 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。
• 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。
• Has all the earmarks of a shell corporation.
  已特别注意一家空壳公司。
• 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。
• 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）。
• 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。
• 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。
• The film has all the earmarks of an epic.
  这部电影具有雄壮史诗的一切特点。
• 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。
• Results: Earmarks of the four cases are as follows: 1.These patients had strong suicidal tendencies when they committed crime.
  结果此类案例的特征是：涉案前都有强烈的自杀倾向；