Earmark:拨款,指定用途
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巴西属于世界上农业生产最具竞争力的国家,但随着土地分配矛盾日趋激化,农业土地改革运动的力量不断壮大。2004年11月25日,8千多名失去土地的抗议者包围了巴西中央银行,要求政府为加速土地改革提供更多的经济支持,否则明年他们将为争夺属于自己的土地而拿起武器。

  外电报道如下:

  More than 8,000 Brazilian landless activists1 surrounded the central bank on Thursday and threatened a big fight over land next year unless they get more public money to speed up land reform.

  Joao Pedro Stedile, a leader of the radical2 leftist Landless Workers Movement, said peasants could stage more land occupations if Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva does not earmark more funds3 to expropriate and redistribute unused farmland, as the Brazilian constitution demands.

  Lula, Brazil's first working class president, pledged4 to settle 400,000 families -- or around 1.6 million people -- during his four-year term. He has only created plots for 106,000 families nearly two years into office.

  Earmark的本义是“为牲畜耳部打上耳号,标上记号”,这里表示“拨款;指定(款项的)特殊用途”,例如:1000 dollars is earmarked to buy books for the library.(特别拨款一千美元为图书馆购书。)This sum of money is earmarked for our research.(这笔款子是专门拨给我们作研究用的。)

  据悉,幅员辽阔的巴西总人口为1.8亿,其中土著人口30万。在战后的大规模开发中,土著人成了牺牲品,不仅政治上被逐渐边缘化,生存的空间也越来越小。失去土地的农民和大庄园主之间的矛盾日益激化,抢占土地、武装冲突和自杀事件层出不穷



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1 activists 90fd83cc3f53a40df93866d9c91bcca4     
n.(政治活动的)积极分子,活动家( activist的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
  • Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 radical hA8zu     
n.激进份子,原子团,根号;adj.根本的,激进的,彻底的
参考例句:
  • The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
  • She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。
3 funds PsJz3p     
n.pl.资金
参考例句:
  • He absconded with the company funds. 他卷走公司的资金潜逃了。
  • They held a harambee meeting to raise funds for a new classroom. 他们为筹款建新教室而办了个募捐会。
4 pledged e9e89d6997d863563fb33786074ef8d6     
保证,许诺,发誓( pledge的过去式和过去分词 ); 典当; 保证给予(或做); 以誓言约束
参考例句:
  • They have pledged that they will always remain faithful to each other. 他们发誓他们将永远忠诚于对方。
  • The government pledged to rehouse the refugees. 政府许诺给难民提供新住房。
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