earmark
verb [usually passive]to decide that something will be used for a particular purpose, or to state that something will happen to somebody/something in the future 指定…的用途;预先安排,确定(未来发生的事情) - be earmarked (for somebody/something)
The money had been earmarked for spending on new school buildings. 这笔款项已指定用于新校舍建设。 The factory has been earmarked for closure. 这家工厂已被指定关闭。 - be earmarked as somebody/something
She was earmarked early as a possible champion. 人们早就认定她有可能夺冠。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryEarmark is used with these nouns as the object:- fund
- money
- be earmarked (for somebody/something)