earmark

英 [ˈɪəmɑːk]

美 [ˈɪrmɑːrk]

v.  指定…的用途; 预先安排，确定(未来发生的事情)
n.  标记; 特征

过去分词：earmarked　过去式：earmarked　现在分词：earmarking　第三人称单数：earmarks　复数：earmarks　

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Collins.1 / BNC.9935 / COCA.12180

牛津词典

verb

• 指定…的用途；预先安排，确定（未来发生的事情）
  to decide that sth will be used for a particular purpose, or to state that sth will happen to sb/sth in the future
  1. 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。
  2. The factory has been earmarked for closure.
     这家工厂已被指定关闭。
  3. She was earmarked early as a possible champion.
     人们早就认定她有可能夺冠。

noun

• 标记；特征
  a feature or quality that is typical of sb/sth
  1. 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。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 指定（款项等）用作特定用途
  If resources such as moneyare earmarked fora particular purpose, they are reserved for that purpose.
  1. ...the extra money being earmarked for the new projects...
     指定用于新项目的额外资金
  2. 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。
  3. Some of the money has been earmarked to pay for the resettlement of people from contaminated areas.
     部分经费被指定用于受污染区域群众的重新安置。
  4. ...money earmarked for environmental purposes.
     环境保护专款
• VERB 决定，确定(关闭、处理等)
  If somethinghas been earmarked forclosure or disposal, for example, people have decided that it will be closed or got rid of.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• a distinctive characteristic or attribute
  Synonym:hallmarktrademarkstylemark
• identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal

verb

• give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
  1. I will earmark this money for your research
  2. She sets aside time for meditation every day
  Synonym:allowappropriateset asidereserve

双语例句

• 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。
• The second part, "the earmark of the National Trail Procedure Management".
  第二部分我国审判流程管理的特点。
• He appears to earmark his tax increases and spending cuts mostly to pay for his long-standing priorities: making permanent the worker tax credit in the fiscal-stimulus plan;
  奥巴马通过增税以及减支，似乎大多是为了支付他的长期优先项目：使其财政激励计划中的工人减税变为永久优惠；
• I will earmark this money for your research.
  我将为你的研究指拨一笔款项。
• And tomorrow, I will issue an Executive Order that directs Federal agencies to ignore any future earmark that is not voted on by the Congress.
  明天，我将发布一个行政令，指示联邦机构将来不要理睬任何未经国会表决的专项拨款。
• But its signing signalled a big geopolitical shift as the US appeared to earmark India as a vital Asian ally and possible regional check to the ambitions of China.
  但该协议的签署是地缘政治格局发生重大转变的一个信号：美国似乎将印度视为亚洲的重要盟友，以及在地区内牵制中国野心的潜在力量。
• The move is part of a wider trend that is seeing both retail and institutional investors earmark their money either for safe havens, or for riskier above-average returns.
  这一动向只是一个更大趋势的一部分：散户与机构投资者要么将资金投向安全港，要么去追逐高于平均值的回报率。
• To this end, each participating country would be required to earmark specific tax revenues.
  要达到这个目的，每个参与国将需要指定具体税收收入的用途。
• Earmark that money for something you've always dreamed of doing, but never thought you could afford, be it a cruise to Alaska or a first-class ticket to visit an old college friend.
  抽出这笔钱去做你一直梦想而没能力支付的事情。无论是阿拉斯加的油轮还是一直想买的访问校友的头等车票。
• Moreover, move the Head to the appointed location by the numerate earmark, it can achieve the purpose of Head Revising.
  并可根据读出的标记，移动磁头到指定的位置，达到磁头校正的目的。