Appropriation
[ə,prəʊprɪ'eɪʃ(ə)n] or [ə,proprɪ'eʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner; 'the necessary funds were obtained by the government's appropriation of the company's operating unit'; 'a person's appropriation of property belonging to another is dishonest'.
(noun.) money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose.
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解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of setting apart or assigning to a particular use or person, or of taking to one's self, in exclusion of all others; application to a special use or purpose, as of a piece of ground for a park, or of money to carry out some object.
(n.) Anything, especially money, thus set apart.
(n.) The severing or sequestering of a benefice to the perpetual use of a spiritual corporation. Blackstone.
(n.) The application of payment of money by a debtor to his creditor, to one of several debts which are due from the former to the latter.
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同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Seizure, capture, taking, taking to one's self.[2]. Application (to a particular use).[3]. Sum set apart (for a specific object).
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例句/造句/用法:
- Tests are about to be made under special appropriation of Congress, and if its claim can be substantiated, it may become the most destructive engine of warfare known. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Because,' said Alfred, 'I am disposed to be sentimental myself, on your appropriation of the jewels and the money, Mr Boffin. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- In 1878 it was resumed by appropriation from Congress, and completed and dedicated in 1885, under the direction of Col. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- But take it away, and all _appropriation_ ceases, and a very pretty gallant charade remains, fit for any collection. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
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