earmarks是什么意思？

earmarks

• v. 指定…作为特定用途( earmark的第三人称单数 )；

例句

• Dobbs The company earmarks 1 percent of the previous year's pretax profits to give to charity. 道伯斯该公司把去年税前利润的1%专门划拨给慈善事业.
• But let's be clear: Earmarks account for $ 18 billion in last year's budget. 让我们把话说清楚: 在去年的预算中,特别拨款占了180亿美元.
• She has all the earmarks of a superstar. 她具备超级明星的一切特征.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  指定（款项等）用作特定用途
  If resources such as money are earmarked for a particular purpose, they are reserved for that purpose.
  例句
  ...the extra money being earmarked for the new projects... 指定用于新项目的额外资金 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。
• VERB
  决定，确定(关闭、处理等)
  If something has been earmarked for closure or disposal, for example, people have decided that it will be closed or got rid of.
  例句
  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。 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。