earmark

英 [ˈɪəmɑːk]

美 [ˈɪrmɑːrk]

v.  指定…的用途; 预先安排，确定(未来发生的事情)
n.  标记; 特征

过去分词：earmarked　过去式：earmarked　现在分词：earmarking　第三人称单数：earmarks　复数：earmarks　

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Collins.1 / BNC.9935 / COCA.12180

牛津词典

verb

• 指定…的用途；预先安排，确定（未来发生的事情）
  to decide that sth will be used for a particular purpose, or to state that sth will happen to sb/sth in the future
  1. The money had been earmarked for spending on new school buildings.
     这笔款项已指定用于新校舍建设。
  2. The factory has been earmarked for closure.
     这家工厂已被指定关闭。
  3. She was earmarked early as a possible champion.
     人们早就认定她有可能夺冠。

noun

• 标记；特征
  a feature or quality that is typical of sb/sth
  1. The incident has all the earmarks of a terrorist attack.
     这一事件具有恐怖袭击的所有特征。

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。

英英释义

noun

• a distinctive characteristic or attribute
  Synonym:hallmarktrademarkstylemark
• identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal

verb

• give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
  1. I will earmark this money for your research
  2. She sets aside time for meditation every day
  Synonym:allowappropriateset asidereserve

双语例句

• And tomorrow, I will issue an Executive Order that directs Federal agencies to ignore any future earmark that is not voted on by the Congress.
  明天，我将发布一个行政令，指示联邦机构将来不要理睬任何未经国会表决的专项拨款。
• They even went so far as to earmark uncertain Greek privatisation receipts as an integral part of the next finance package, rather than for debt reduction.
  他们竟然将不确定的希腊私有化收入，列为下一个融资方案的组成部分，而不是用于削减债务。
• Yasuo Fukuda, Japan's prime minister, is tomorrow expected to pledge that Japan will cut carbon emissions by roughly one-fifth by 2020 and earmark$ 10bn to help developing countries pay for environmental technology.
  预计日本首相福田康夫（YasuoFukuda）明天将作出承诺，到2020年，日本将减少约五分之一的碳排放，并将拨出100亿美元款项，帮助发展中国家购买环境技术。
• Earmark that money for something you've always dreamed of doing, but never thought you could afford, be it a cruise to Alaska or a first-class ticket to visit an old college friend.
  抽出这笔钱去做你一直梦想而没能力支付的事情。无论是阿拉斯加的油轮还是一直想买的访问校友的头等车票。
• You shouldn't earmark the borrowed books.
  你不能在在借阅的图书上做标注。
• What's next, a congressional earmark for olives?
  下一个是什么，由国会指定用途的橄榄枝吗？
• 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。
• The central government will earmark special fund to support the middle and western areas.
  对于中西部财政困难地区，中央财政给予专项支持。
• The second part, "the earmark of the National Trail Procedure Management".
  第二部分我国审判流程管理的特点。
• Who fought against wasteful and earmark spending?
  谁在和糟蹋的拨款项目花销作斗争？