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

• 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。
• The school has decided to earmark 20 percent of its funds for book purchases.
  学校决定拨出20%的经费用于购买课本。
• 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。
• I will earmark this money for your research.
  我将为你的研究指拨一笔款项。
• Governments at all levels also earmark large amounts of funds for the establishment of special rehabilitation centers each year.
  各级政府每年都投入大量资金，建设专门的戒毒场所。
• They even went so far as to earmark uncertain Greek privatisation receipts as an integral part of the next finance package, rather than for debt reduction.
  他们竟然将不确定的希腊私有化收入，列为下一个融资方案的组成部分，而不是用于削减债务。
• First, definite the lawful denotation of conception and its law earmark, through assay "school accident" and "schoolyard injure accident".
  首先通过与学校事故和校园伤害事故的辨析，明确学生伤害事故在法律意义上的概念内涵及其法律特征；
• Correct speech is an earmark of the educated man.
  正确的谈吐是受教育者的特征。
• Who fought against wasteful and earmark spending?
  谁在和糟蹋的拨款项目花销作斗争？
• 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。