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单词 earmark
释义
earmarkear‧mark /ˈɪəmɑːk $ ˈɪrmɑːrk/ verb [transitive] Verb Table
VERB TABLE
earmark
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyearmark
he, she, itearmarks
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyearmarked
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave earmarked
he, she, ithas earmarked
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad earmarked
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill earmark
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have earmarked
Continuous Form
PresentIam earmarking
he, she, itis earmarking
you, we, theyare earmarking
PastI, he, she, itwas earmarking
you, we, theywere earmarking
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been earmarking
he, she, ithas been earmarking
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been earmarking
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be earmarking
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been earmarking
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • 20% of the budget has already been earmarked for a new computer system.
  • Dawson was earmarked as Reiner's successor as District Attorney.
  • The funds are earmarked to help pay for the cathedral's renovation.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Berkowitz said a portion of the money paid to her clients would be earmarked for therapy and counseling sessions.
  • Churchill had already earmarked Lyttleton for the job.
  • Even the increase proposed will put pressure on Congress to hold down other spending or dip into funds earmarked for Social Security.
  • For instance, one provision allows them to spend money earmarked for welfare on other programs.
  • Last year, Working Assets distributed $ 2. 15 million to 36 liberal non-profits, as earmarked by individual customers.
  • Unfortunately it had just been earmarked for housing.
  • Wirral Council has earmarked £150,000 in its capital programme for refurbishment work.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto decide to use someone or something for a particular purpose
to officially choose someone or something for a particular purpose, often with the result that they cannot be used for anything else: · Designate a driver who won't be drinking before going to a party or club.designate somebody/something as something: · Mattos Elementary has been designated as this area's "home" school.designate somebody/something for somebody/something: · One of the queues was designated for people with an EC passport.designate somebody/something to do something: · $6 million has been designated to make road safety improvements on Pacheco Pass.
to choose someone or something from among a larger group so that they can be used for a particular purpose in the future: earmark somebody/something for something: · 20% of the budget has already been earmarked for a new computer system.earmark somebody/something to do something: · The funds are earmarked to help pay for the cathedral's renovation.earmark somebody/something as something: · Dawson was earmarked as Reiner's successor as District Attorney.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· Because the national curriculum can not be properly taught without new textbooks, we will earmark funds for class and library books.
· Mark Foley, R-Fla., that would earmark $ 210 million to purchase environmentally sensitive areas near the Everglades.
· Others take earmarked money but go beyond the legal requirements and identify big donors.
to decide that something will be used for a particular purpose or have something done to it in the futurebe earmarked for something 85% of foreign aid is earmarked by Congress for specific purposes. schools earmarked for closurebe earmarked as something He had been earmarked as a potential leader.GRAMMAR Earmark is usually passive.
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