| 单词 | war chest |
| 释义 | war chest noun[C] informaluk/ˈwɔː ˌtʃest/us/ˈwɔːr ˌtʃest/moneythat has beencollectedorsavedtopayfor something,especiallyalongfighttoachievesomething: （为需要经过漫长斗争而取得成功而筹集的）资金，款项Thecandidatesaregatheringmoneyfortheirelectionwarchests.候选人为竞选筹集资金。 Saving money
war chest| American Dictionarywar chest noun[C] us/ˈwɔr ˌtʃest/infmlmoneythat has beencollectedorsavedtopayfor something,esp. alongfightachievesomething: Thecandidatesaregatheringmoneyfortheirelectionwar chests. war chest| Business Englishwar chest noun[C] FINANCE,POLITICSukusalargeamountofmoneythat acompanyor agovernmentkeepsfor aparticularpurpose: build/have/raise a war chestTheretailgrouphasraiseda $1.6billionwarchesttofunditsexpansionplans. acampaign/electionwarchest Examplesofwar chestwar chest He also challenged the chamber's financial importance : it had no income of its own and was used primarily for the king's building expenses and as awarchest. From theCambridge English Corpus That seems to me to be the same point, only it is not for the purpose of awarchest, but other purposes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He has been the most notorious raider of the ratepayers'warchest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They want the money that local authorities have earmarked for public transport in 1983 in theirwarchestfor the general election. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is £40 billion with room to spare—the room in which thewarchestis kept safely locked, and we have the key. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It was partly, at least, secured by the use of awarchestof £25 million, disbursed to members of the concert party. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We were told over and over again that we must have awarchestabroad by investing in foreign countries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no question of our building awarchest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Accumulating awarchestof money and the ability to make the bid becomes the dominant consideration. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Actually, they were raising money for a politicalwarchest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They had what was called in those days, and is probably still called, awarchest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Earlier, we heard allegations about fiddled figures, and closer inspection of the details shows that thewarchestis in fact much larger than that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not the person who best satisfies the consumer; it is the person with the largestwarchest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he agree that the only explicable reason why the county has done this is to build up awarchestfor next year's council elections? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In addition, since he was relatively unchallenged in the primary, he had a much bigger campaignwarchest. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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