The incident has all the earmarks of a terrorist attack.

这一事件具有恐怖袭击的所有特征。

Davis's solo work exhibits all the earmarks of his style: it is hesitant, tentative, spare.

戴维斯的独奏曲尽展其风格特征：犹豫、迟疑、俭朴。

Arizona Republican Jeff Flake said Congress has spent too much time calculating these earmarks and not enough time on the rest of the budget.

亚利桑那州共和党代表 Jeff Flake 称，国会花费了太多时间算计这些特别专款，而在其他预算案上花的时间不够。

She has all the earmarks of a superstar.

她具备超级明星的一切特征。

The film has all the earmarks of an epic.

这部电影具有雄壮史诗的一切特点。

John McCain is angry about earmarks in the budget.

约翰·麦凯恩(John Mc Cain)对预算中一些专项拨款[3]怒气冲冲。

Estimates of the cost of "earmarks" in the legislation vary.

对这项议案中的专项拨款的所需费用做出的估算不同。

The projects, commonly known as earmarks, cost billions of dollars.

这些俗称专项拨款的项目会耗费数十亿美元。

And this is where his attack on "earmarks" is so counterproductive.

这是他的攻击，“专项拨款”是这样产生反作用。

Now, some of these earmarks support worthyprojects in our local communities.

当然，这些专款有一部分是的的确确支持了我们的社区建设。

Now, some of these earmarks support worthy projects in our local communities.

现在，部分专项拨款支撑着当地社会的一些有价值的项目。

As a percentage of federal spending, we have cut earmarks by half in this bill.

作为联邦开支的一部分，我们已经把这项议案中的专项拨款削减了一半。

But deficits and wasting taxpayer dollars aren't the only concerns with earmarks.

但是赤字和浪费纳税人的钱财不是关于拨款的唯一担忧。

There will be - let me say it again - there will be no earmarks in this economic recovery plan.

让我再说一遍，在经济复苏计划中，不会有任何特别拨款。

John McCain's attempt to reduce earmarks in an omnibus spending bill was defeated in the Senate.

约翰·麦凯恩试图通过“一揽子开销议案”削减专项拨款的努力在参议院受挫。

Now, some of these earmarks support worthy projects in our local communities.But many others do not.

目前，某些专项拨款支持地方社区有价值的项目，但其它的却不这么做。

Earmarks attract plenty of bad press, but the money is trivial-less than 0.5% of federal spending.

新闻媒体对指定拨款嗤之以鼻，但其数目却无足轻重——少于联邦支出的0.5%。

To help pay for them, he would cut earmarks, those special interest projects added to spending bills.

为了支付这些减税额，他将减少特别拨款，即添加到开支法案中的那些特别利益项目。

They have found common cause in attacking "earmarks", the pet projects that lawmakers insert into bills.

他们已经发现了攻击“指定事件”的共同原因：法律制定者把宠物计划列入了法案。

And we've put in place higher standards of transparency by putting as much information as possible on earmarks. gov.

而且还通过将更多信息公布在earmarks . gov网站上，为增加透明度设立了更高的标准。

Earmarks are symbolically potent but fiscally inconsequential, since they mostly parcel out spending rather than alter its level.

专项拨款象征意义巨大，但在财政上无足轻重，因为它只对支出的分割有影响，不会改变其规模。

This earmarks a lump sum of $8 billion, plus $1 billion a year, to help construct fast rail corridors around America (see map).

为了建设环美快速干线（如图所示），该计划将得到一笔80亿美元的财政拨款，这些钱每年会有10亿到帐。

The 2008 budget will allow earmarks, but only after new rules are put in place that will require politicians to attach their names to them.

2008年的预算中允许有专项拨款，但是也只有等到新的规则生效，届时政客们必须在专项拨款的提案上附上自己的名字。

And they have pledged to strip out all "earmarks", the tagged spending plans through which politicians direct funds to their home districts.

并且他们誓将清理所有的“专项拨款”——通过这种圈定的支出计划，政客们往往直接把钱拨向自己的选区。

But then again, how many of us want our tax money going to Chrysler? Or farm subsidies? Or the hundreds of earmarks that make up our federal budget?

但问题又来了，我们中间有多少人愿意让自己交的税被拿去救助克莱斯勒？用于农业补贴？或是数百个这样那样的联邦预算项目？

He signed a $410 billion spending bill that contains 8,570 earmarks (directing funds to specific projects), despite his pledge to reduce the practice.

他签署了一份4100亿美元的预算却包含了8670项“猪肉桶”拨款 （直接拨向特定项目），而他曾经信誓旦旦的宣称要减少这一现象。

So this time, if you send me an appropriations bill that does not cut the number and cost of earmarks in half, I will send it back to you with my veto.

因此，这一次，如果你们送给我一份未能将专项拨款的数目和金额减少一半的拨款法案，我就会否决它，把它退还给你们。