Earmark（专项拨款）的来历 读新闻读出了这个单词，随即脑子里闪出一个大问号为什么ear（耳朵）+ mark（记号）=专项拨款？翻查辞源，恍然大悟，故事原来挺简单。 早在农耕时代，牲畜可是各...
U.S. lawmakers returned to work on Monday, after midterm elections that shook the political landscape in favor of Republicans. Members of Congress have a lot of unfinished business to take care of in the remaining weeks of this year, including fundin...
今天我们要学的词是earmark。 Earmark, 一般是指经过美国国会批准的专用款项。 The Senate voted to keep thousands of earmarks in a spending bill on Tuesday, 参议院星期二投票决定保留支出议案中数千项专用开支...
By Paul Sisco Washington 05 September 2007 The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is entering an exciting new era of ocean research. A massive grant from the National Science Foundation is expected to change the way ocean science is done, and grea...
