ring-fence
剑桥词典
- finance & economics, business specialized
to make sure that a sum of money is protected and only used for a particular purpose ; to protect a particular area of spending so that there is no reduction in the amount spent on it
确保一笔资金受到保护用于专门用途;保证资金不会被挪作他用
Over £500 million was ring-fenced for improvements to the transport system . 有一笔超过5亿英镑的资金被保护起来,专门用来改善公共交通系统。
The following ring-fenced areas account for around 46 percent of total departmental spending . 以下受保护的领域约占整个部门开支的46%。 返回 ring-fence