學(xué)個詞 Learn A Word:673 earmarkt

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今天我們要學(xué)的詞是earmark。 Earmark, 一般是指經(jīng)過美國國會批準的專用款項。 "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)千項專用開支。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專用款項提出過批判。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專用款項提出批判，但還是會在支出議案上簽字。好的，今天我們學(xué)習(xí)的詞是earmark...