| 单词 | ring-fence |
| 释义 | ring-fenceWord forms: 3rd person singular presenttense ring-fences, present participle ring-fencing, past tense, past participle ring-fenced verb To ring-fence a grant or fund means to put restrictions on it, so that it can only be used for a particular purpose. [British] The Treasury has now agreed to ring-fence the money to ensure that it goes directlytowards helping elderly people. [VERB noun] There should be ring-fenced funding for local crime prevention initiatives. [VERB-ed] ring fence in British English (rɪŋ fɛns) noun an agreement, contract, etc, in which the use of money is restricted to a particular purpose ring-fence in British Englishverb (transitive) 1. to assign (money, a grant, fund, etc) to one particular purpose, so as to restrict its use to ring-fence a financial allowance 2. to oblige (a person or organization) to use money for a particular purpose to ring-fence a local authority noun ring fence 3. an agreement, contract, etc, in which the use of money is restricted to a particularpurpose Examples of 'ring fence' in a sentence |
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