earmarked / ˈɪərˌmɑrk /

指定用途的指定的专款专用指定用途

earmarked2 个定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. any identifying or distinguishing mark or characteristic: The mayor's statement had all the earmarks of dirty politics.
  2. a mark of identification made on the ear of an animal to show ownership.
  3. a provision in a piece of Congressional legislation that directs specified federal funds to specific projects, programs, organizations, or individuals: Lawmakers requested almost 40,000 earmarks worth more than $100 billion directed to their home districts and states.Compare pork barrel.
v. 有主动词 verb
  1. to set aside for a specific purpose, use, recipient, etc.: to earmark goods for export.
  2. to mark with an earmark.

earmarked 近义词

v. 动词 verb

reserve

更多earmarked例句

  1. He is hoping to reinstitute an altered system of appropriations earmarks, reviving a practice that, while sometimes abused, helped build bipartisan support for must-pass spending bills.
  2. CNN and other networks were quoting experts who said the attack had all earmarks of Middle Eastern terrorism.
  3. As of Nov. 3, only $110 million had been earmarked for the region—most of which has yet to arrive.
  4. Donson was not surprised that money earmarked for programs to benefit inmates actually pays for staffing and other costs.
  5. About $10 billion was earmarked to build a bridge across the Kerch Strait, with its unpredictable currents during spring floods.
  6. Look through that PDF I just linked to and feast on the meager amounts earmarked for democracy and assistance programs.
  7. Particular bars and nightclubs are earmarked as gay-friendly despite the crackdown, members told The Daily Beast.
  8. We're about straight with the world, though it means every penny earmarked before I earn it.
  9. He is quoting a favourite phrase—that a certain item of revenue has been earmarked for a particular purpose.
  10. Some years ago a number of public buildings were earmarked for hospital use in case of war.
  11. He looked at her benignly, like a monarch of finance who has earmarked a million or two for the benefit of a deserving charity.
  12. The precious minutes that belonged to his employers and should have been earmarked for "The Rose of America" flitted by.