英 [ˈɪəmɑːk] 美 [ˈɪrmɑːrk]
vt. 指定……的用途；划拨（款项）；责成（人或物）要有某种结果；在耳朵上做记号
n. 特征；耳上记号；<美>（使用专项基金的）国会指令
复数earmarks
第三人称单数earmarks
现在分词earmarking
过去式earmarked
过去分词earmarked
earmark /ˈɪəˌmɑːk/ TEM8 [ earmarking earmarked earmarks ]
及物动词 If resources such as money are earmarked for a particular purpose, they are reserved for that purpose. 留出
...the extra money being earmarked for the new projects.
…留给新项目的额外款项。
China has earmarked more than $20 billion for oil exploration.
中国已留出二百多亿美元用于石油勘探。
及物动词 If something has been earmarked for closure or disposal, for example, people have decided that it will be closed or got rid of. 确定 (关闭或放弃)
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卖掉去年确定要出售的公司。
可数名词 The earmark of something or someone is their most typical quality or feature. 标记; 特征
Davis's solo work exhibits all the earmarks of his style: it is hesitant, tentative, spare.
戴维斯的独奏曲尽展其风格特征：犹豫、迟疑、俭朴。
identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal
give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
I will earmark this money for your research
同义词： allow / appropriate / set aside / reserve
点滴积累 Earmark（专项拨款）的来历 ·（点击次数）：
... 指定证券：designated securities 指定用途,专款专用：earmark 指定人提货单,记名提货单：order bill of lading ...
... dream (n. 梦 earmark (n. 耳上记号,特征,记号 entitle (v. 取名为,给与名称,叫做,使有权利) ...
特征；耳上记号
Or earmark Thursday nights for a foosball tournament followed by ice cream sundaes.
或者留出每周四的晚上一起比赛桌上足球，然后品尝圣代冰淇淋。
He has never requested an "earmark", meaning funding for a pet project slipped into a bill.
他从没要求过“指定专款”(指为所钟爱的计划拨专款使之成为法案)。
Mechanically, electrically, behaviorally and cosmetically, our paired sounding boards are a genuine earmark of our species.
从物理、电子、行为以及化学各方面来说，我们的这对传声板都是我们这一种族的天然标记。
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said the EU has decided to earmark nearly $90 million in new humanitarian aid for people displaced by the conflict in Pakistan's northwestern Swat valley and other areas where the government is fighting a fierce Taliban insurgency.
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In other words, only 15 or so members of the House didn't request an earmark in that bill.
They want to be able to get their earmark spending in for their home district.
It is caused by an earmark-addicted Congress and enabled by a poll-driven president.