earmark
英 ['ɪəmɑːk]
美['ɪrmɑrk]
- vt. 在耳朵上做记号；标记
- n. 特征；耳上记号
词态变化
第三人称单数: earmarks;过去式: earmarked;过去分词: earmarked;现在分词: earmarking;
中文词源
earmark 指定用途
因古代在自家牲口耳朵上作记号而引申该词义，比较maverick.
英英释意
- 1. identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal
- 2. a distinctive characteristic or attribute
英文词源
- earmark (n.)
- mid-15c., from ear (n.1) + mark (n.1). Originally a cut or mark in the ear of sheep and cattle, serving as a sign of ownership (also a punishment of certain criminals); first recorded 1570s in figurative sense "stamp of ownership."
- earmark (v.)
- 1590s, "to identify by an earmark," from earmark (n.). Meaning "to set aside money for a special purpose" is attested by 1868. Related: Earmarked; earmarking.
实用场景例句
- 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。
牛津词典
- The factory has been earmarked for closure.
- 这家工厂已被指定关闭。
牛津词典
- She was earmarked early as a possible champion.
- 人们早就认定她有可能夺冠。
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- ...the extra money being earmarked for the new projects...
- 指定用于新项目的额外资金
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He also undertook to earmark $ 235 billion in government expenditure on infrastructure projects within five years.
- 同时承诺在五年内投资二千三百五十亿元进行基建.
《简明英汉词典》
- It expounds the essential earmark of garbage and the limitation of garbage function transformation: garbage classification.
- 文章分析了垃圾的本质特征及垃圾功能转移的瓶颈 —— 垃圾分类问题.
期刊摘选
- Who fought against wasteful and earmark spending?
- 谁在和浪费的拨款项目花销作斗争?
期刊摘选
- Mechanically, electrically, behaviorally and cosmetically, our paired sounding boards are a genuine earmark of our species.
- 从物理 、 电子 、 行为以及化学各方面来说, 我们的这对传声板都是我们这一种族的天然标记.
期刊摘选
- We earmark more capital to increase the amount of agricultural and aquatic products to be exported.
- 继续实施农产品、水产品出口倍增计划,从资金上加大支持力度.
期刊摘选
- Correct speech is an earmark of the educated man.
- 正确的谈吐是受教育者的特征.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- HAL : This assignment is likewise essential for me to earmark you to threaten it.
- 哈尔: 这次任务对我来说很重要,我不允许你去破坏.
期刊摘选
- The school has decided to earmark 20 percent of its funds for book purchases.
- 学校决定拨出20%的经费用于购买课本.
期刊摘选
- The company has decided to earmark a portion of this year's profits to invest in securities.
- 公司决定从今年的利润中提存一部分用作证券投资.
期刊摘选
- I will earmark this money for your research.
- 我将为你的研究指拨一笔款项.
《简明英汉词典》