今天我們要學(xué)的詞是earmark。 Earmark, 一般是指經(jīng)過(guò)美國(guó)國(guó)會(huì)批準(zhǔn)的專用款項(xiàng)。 "The Senate voted to keep thousands of earmarks in a spending bill on Tuesday," 參議院星期二投票決定保留支出議案中數(shù)千項(xiàng)專用開(kāi)支。在2008年總統(tǒng)大選期間, "Both President Obama and Senator McCain denounced earmarks," 現(xiàn)任總統(tǒng)奧巴馬和參議員麥凱恩都對(duì)專用款項(xiàng)提出過(guò)批判。但是白宮官員日前表示, "President Obama will sign the spending bill, despite his past criticisms of earmarks," 雖然奧巴馬以前曾對(duì)專用款項(xiàng)提出批判,但還是會(huì)在支出議案上簽字。好的,今天我們學(xué)習(xí)的詞是earmark...