| 单词 | discretionary |
| 释义 | discretionary (once / 5584 pages) adj Discretionary means it's up to you to decide. Bathing regularly is a discretionary act, so you can opt not to do it if you want; note, however, that your friends might disagree with us on this. Discretionary is often used to describe money that isn’t designated for a particular purpose. It’s up to the people in charge to decide how discretionary funds should be spent. Discretionary comes from the word discretion, which can be used to mean “the right to decide something based on one’s own judgment.” If you're given a task to complete at your discretion, you can decide how you want to do it — or whether you want to do it at all. WORD FAMILYdiscretion: discretional, discretionary, discretions, indiscretion+/discretional: discretionally/indiscretion: indiscretions USAGE EXAMPLESIts budget at the time of the report was roughly $580 billion - more than half of all federal discretionary spending. Washington Times(Dec 23, 2016) Yet those who need to work two jobs are also those with the least discretionary income to spend on robotic cribs for their children. The Guardian(Dec 13, 2016) The most generous federal programs cap payments at 10% of a borrower’s discretionary income. Wall Street Journal(Dec 12, 2016) 1adj having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment The commission has discretionary power to award extra funds Syn discretional arbitrary based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice 2adj (especially of funds) not earmarked; available for use as needed discretionary funds discretionary income Syn unrestricted not subject to or subjected to restriction |
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