记忆方法
将“earmark”分解为“ear”和“mark”。想象你用耳朵贴近一个物体（ear），然后在那里做个记号（mark），这个记号（mark）就是为它特意标定的，即为其分配了某种特定的用途或资金，这就是“earmark”的意思，即“指定专用资金”或“标记特征”。
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词族 · earmark
中文词源
earmark 指定用途
因古代在自家牲口耳朵上作记号而引申该词义，比较maverick.
英语词源
- earmark (n.)
- mid-15c., from ear (n.1) + mark (n.1). Originally a cut or mark in the ear of sheep and cattle, serving as a sign of ownership (also a punishment of certain criminals); first recorded 1570s in figurative sense "stamp of ownership."
- earmark (v.)
- 1590s, "to identify by an earmark," from earmark (n.). Meaning "to set aside money for a special purpose" is attested by 1868. Related: Earmarked; earmarking.
权威例句
- 1. Correct speech is an earmark of the educated man.
- 正确的谈吐是受教育者的特征.
- 2. I will earmark this money for your research.
- 我将为你的研究指拨一笔款项.
- 3. He also undertook to earmark $ 235 billion in government expenditure on infrastructure projects within five years.
- 同时承诺在五年内投资二千三百五十亿元进行基建.
- 4. Who fought against wasteful and earmark spending?
- 谁在和浪费的拨款项目花销作斗争?
- 5. This year, the central treasury will earmark 10.6 billion yuan of poverty - relief funds.
- 今年, 中央安排财政扶贫资金106亿元.