appropriations是什么意思？

appropriations

英[əprəʊpr'ɪeɪʃnz] 美[əproʊpr'ɪeɪʃnz]

• n. 挪用（appropriation的复数形式）；

例句

• Appropriations are actually segregations of retained earnings. 分拨,它实际上是保留盈利的划分.
• Should the president veto the appropriations bill, it goes back to Congress. 假如总统否决了这项拨款提案, 就把它退还给国会.
• More commonly, funding controls are imposed in the annual appropriations process. 更普遍的作法是, 拨款控制被规定在年度拨款手续中.
• The government raised defence appropriations by 12 per cent. 政府将国防拨款提高了12%。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  拨款
  An appropriation is an amount of money that a government or organization reserves for a particular purpose.
  例句
  The government raised defence appropriations by 12 per cent. 政府将国防拨款提高了12%。
• N-UNCOUNT
  私占；侵吞；盗用；挪用
  Appropriation of something that belongs to someone else is the act of taking it, usually without having the right to do so.
  例句
  Other charges include fraud and illegal appropriation of land. 其他指控包括欺诈罪和非法侵占土地罪。