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

• Today federal grants are more than one hundred times this amount, and state appropriations are much greater.
  现在联邦政府的补助比这个数字大一百多倍，而州的津贴则更多。
• 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。
• I was called the sheriff, by the& one of the senior members of the Appropriations Committee.
  我被一位财政拨款局的高级成员称为“县官”。
• 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。
• Who do we know on the Senate Appropriations committee?
  别紧张！我们在中央预算委员会认识谁？
• 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。
• 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。
• No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law;
  除根据法律规定拨款外不得从国库支款；
• 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。
• Congress leaves for its summer break in August ( thereafter it will do little but pass appropriations bills).
  国会在8月份将放暑假（因此它能做的只不过通过拨款案）。