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单词 earmark
释义
earmark
verb[Toften passive]
uk
/ˈɪə.mɑːk/us
/ˈɪr.mɑːrk/
tokeeporintendsomething for aparticularpurpose:
划拨（款项）；指定…作特定用途
Fivebilliondollarsof this year'sbudgetis already earmarkedforhospitalimprovements.已从今年的预算中划拨出50亿美元专门用于改善医院设施。
Synonyms
allocate
apportionformal
appropriateformal
reserve
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Keeping and storing things
  • appropriate
  • aside
  • bank
  • bogart
  • capacitance
  • capture
  • cling
  • dump
  • lay
  • laysomethingaside
  • laysomethingdown
  • laysomethingin
  • maintain
  • packsomethingaway
  • reserve
  • stockpile
  • stockpiling
  • storage
  • store
  • storesomethingup
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(Definition ofearmarkfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

earmark| American Dictionary

earmark
verb[T]
us
/ˈɪər·mɑrk/
tointendsomething for aparticularpurpose:
Ten thousanddollarsof this year’sbudgetis earmarked for therenovationof thebuilding.
(Definition ofearmarkfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

earmark| Business English

earmark
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɪəmɑːk/us
LAW,POLITICSUS
in the US, alegalrequestthat isaddedto alawto makesurethat anamountofmoneyfrom the USCongress’sbudgetisspenton aparticularproject:
Members of thePartyused the 111thCongresstorequesthundreds of earmarks thataddedmore than $1billionto thefederalbudget.
Earmarks oftenresultin theexpenditureoflargesumsoftaxpayermoneytohelpalimitednumberofpeople.
LAW,POLITICSUS
anamountofmoneyfrom the USCongress’sbudgetto bespenton aparticularproject:
Asenatorobtainedan earmark of $1.5 million lastyeartodealwith abeetlethatattackstrees,lawns, andcrops.
acharacteristicorfeaturethat istypicalof apersonor thing:
He said theplanhad all the earmarks ofaneconomicdisasterbecause it wouldincreasecustomercosts.
earmark
verb[T]
uk
/ˈɪəmɑːk/us
tokeeporplanto use something for aparticularpurpose:
earmark sth for sthThemoneyhad been earmarked forairportimprovements.
earmark sth as sthAfricawas earmarked as agrowtharea.
earmark sth to do sthAround 100storesare earmarked to besold.
(Definition ofearmarkfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofearmark

earmark
There are no funds specifically earmarked for the biodiversity protection.
From theCambridge English Corpus
With a well-developed state apparatus, strong enforcement with taxation of the rents earmarked for redistribution would certainly be superior.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Currencies, for instance, can be turned into gifts, following certain rules, and used toearmarkthe creation, celebration, and sustaining of intimate ties.
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Their motivation certainly changed again from the mid 1990s when the economic situation had improved and earmarked benefits were temporarily re-introduced.
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Depending on their level earmarked grants for childcare may increase the willingness of municipalities to refrain from an obstruction of universal childcare provision.
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Here, they would like to consume their entire gross consumption allocation, even that portion of it which is earmarked for loan repayment.
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However, she also notes that selectivity is likely to mean that ' benefits earmarked for the poor are likely to be poor benefits '.
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The cash may be earmarked for feast money for weddings and deaths, or used for personal purposes.
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Some of the large sums earmarked for this task existed only on paper.
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The revenue from the levy is earmarked for environmental protection.
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Opposition groups charged that these farms were earmarked for government cronies instead of people who really needed land.
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Of that initial $99 million, $38 million was earmarked for dissemination of clinical practice guidelines and medical effectiveness research.
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Substantial financial resources have been ' earmarked ' to support new local health and social service collaborations.
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This cost will become the focus of attention if eco-forestry and directly subsidized forestry projects make significant inroads into areas earmarked for industrial logging concessions.
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From an efficiency perspective, earmarking has one important drawback.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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