earmark
英 ['ɪəmɑːk]
美 ['ɪrmɑrk]
- vt.耳に印をつける；マーキング
- n. 特徴；耳のマーク
語源
イヤーマーク古来、自分の家畜の耳に印をつけることに由来。
英語の語源
- earmark (n.)
- mid-15c., from ear (n.1) + mark (n.1). Originally a cut or mark in the ear of sheep and cattle, serving as a sign of ownership (also a punishment of certain criminals); first recorded 1570s in figurative sense "stamp of ownership."
- earmark (v.)
- 1590s, "to identify by an earmark," from earmark (n.). Meaning "to set aside money for a special purpose" is attested by 1868. Related: Earmarked; earmarking.
例文
- 1. Correct speech is an earmark of the educated man.
- 正しい言葉遣いが教育を受ける者の特徴である。
- 2.I will earmark this money for your research.
- あなたの研究にお金を割り当てます。
- 3.He also undertook to earmark $235 billion in government expenditure on infrastructure projects within five years.
- 5年間で2千3百五十億元を投資してインフラストラクチャを行うことを約束した。
- 4.Who fought against wasteful and earmark spending？
- 無駄な支出と戦っているのは誰ですか。
- 5.This year，the central treasury will earmark 10.6 billion yuan of poverty-relief funds.
- 今年、中央は財政貧困扶助資金106億元を手配した。
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