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appropriation

/uh-proh-pree-ey-shuhn/US // əˌproʊ priˈeɪ ʃən //UK // (əˌprəʊprɪˈeɪʃən) //

拨款,批款,划拨,拨出的款项

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of appropriating or taking possession of something, often without permission or consent.
    • : anything appropriated for a special purpose, especially money.
    • : an act of a legislature authorizing money to be paid from the treasury for a specified use.
    • : the money thus authorized: a large appropriation for aid to libraries.

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Examples

  • Debate over Fed’s powers prove stumbling block to stimulus talksAides close to the negotiations said a short-term bill to extend government funding was unlikely to be approved on Friday, meaning government appropriations would lapse Saturday morning.

  • It’s closer to tourist cuisine — discovered on trips to the United States and often served to American travelers, or Americans living here — but served with a certain amount of nostalgia and admiration, rather than appropriation.

  • For these schools, the conversation around Native mascots is about authentic representation rather than appropriation.

  • Creating multi-year appropriations that provide funding for more than just a single fiscal year could help those programs survive changes in government.

  • The appropriation was the result of a lawsuit that claimed discriminatory state funding in decades past.

  • In this way, inspiration becomes appropriation, which leads directly to theft and erasure.

  • They were equally amazed to learn that Ed Piskor was white, but not a word was said about cultural exploitation or appropriation.

  • There would probably be a long talk about cultural appropriation if that movie were to come out now with a non-Latino actor.

  • The grand old empires (including the ones in Africa) were all about rampant interethnic appropriation.

  • But over time, the concept of cultural appropriation has morphed into a parody of the original idea.

  • And this act of appropriation, as well as of bearing testimony, he afterwards repeated.

  • The owner of the corn and hogs made strenuous objections to this appropriation of his property.

  • When they hear of trouble on the Mountain the selectmen look the other way, and pass an appropriation to beautify the town pump.

  • The reply was: An annual appropriation so long as the military organization was maintained at the University.

  • The specific appropriation of some distinctive oath raised the presumption that it implied an unequivocal pledge of sincerity.