appropriations

英 [əˌprəʊprɪˈeɪʃ(ə)nz]

美 [əˌproʊpriˈeɪʃənz]

n.  擅自调用; 盗用; 挪用; 占用; 侵吞; 拨(专)款; (尤指政府、公司的)所拨款项，专款
appropriation的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 拨款
  Anappropriationis an amount of money that a government or organization reserves for a particular purpose.
  1. The government raised defence appropriations by 12 per cent.
     政府将国防拨款提高了12%。
• N-UNCOUNT 私占；侵吞；盗用；挪用
  Appropriation ofsomething that belongs to someone else is the act of taking it, usually without having the right to do so.
  1. Other charges include fraud and illegal appropriation of land.
     其他指控包括欺诈罪和非法侵占土地罪。

双语例句

• As Congress considers appropriations bills this fall, we will work with the House and the Senate to ensure that taxpayer dollars are spent wisely, or not at all.
  今年秋天国会考虑拨款预算案时，我们将与议会和参议院一起工作以确保明智地使用纳税人的钱，或一点也不使用。
• After bilateral consultation, the national development bank entrusted the Construction Bank to supervise loan contract executions, to process business such as loans and fund appropriations, etc., to supervise loan utilization, and to assist in bettering loan recovery work.
  经双方协商，国家开发银行委托建设银行监督借款合同的执行，办理贷款和资金拨付等业务，监督贷款的使用，协助做好贷款回收工作。
• Larry and I had lunch with J.William Fulbright, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, and John McClellan, chairman of the Appropriations Committee.
  我和拉里跟外交关系委员会主席J，威廉。富布赖特和拨款委员会主席约翰。麦克莱伦共进了午餐。
• The government raised defence appropriations by 12 per cent.
  政府将国防拨款提高了12%。
• His support was essential to steer military appropriations through the Congress.
  他的支持实质上是要使国会通过军事拨款。
• The new appropriations bill could mean a larger paycheck for state employees.
  新的岁出预算案对国家雇员来说是一张更大的支票。
• The other method, aimed at cost reduction, makes all-around cuts by an arbitrary percentage to requests for budget appropriations.
  另一种方法是旨在降低成本，它对各部门所提出的预算拨款请求按照设定的比例进行全面的削减。
• The$ 636-billion defense appropriations measure includes$ 128 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
  这个高达6360亿美元的国防拨款中，有1280亿用于伊拉克战争和阿富汗战争。
• Head of the Appropriations Committee is a friend of mine.
  我有个朋友是资金分配委员会的头。
• Sit on a fund-raising committee The initial congressional examination of the president's budget is made by the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee.
  国会由众议院拨款委员会对总统提出的预算方案作初步审查。