| 词汇 | example_english_pet-project |
| 释义 | pet projectcollocation in Englishmeanings of and projectThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with project. pet-theory-subject-hate-etc See more at project noun[C] uk /ˈprɒdʒ.ekt/ us /ˈprɑː.dʒekt/ a piece of planned work or an activity that is finished over a period of time and intended to achieve a ... See more at project Examples of pet projectThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Now it's the government's petproject. Everybody has his petproject and is inclined to say of it that the money will be well spent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That money goes to the council's petproject. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Deukmejian favored highway projects over public transit, and showed no enthusiasm for what many called a petproject of the former governor. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The park had been a petproject of his. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. All they care about is staffing and spending money on their pet projects. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Secondly, the whole point of a financial transaction tax should not be to raise money for pet projects, no matter how worthy. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The number of initiatives, new schemes and pet projects has led to a multiplicity of funding streams, which has created confusion and perhaps incoherence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is not an issue for political grandstanding or, indeed, promoting pet projects. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Inventors tend to spend to an enormous amount of their own time and money on their pet projects. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I rather favour that idea; we all have our pet projects. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is the taxpayer who has to pay for their pet projects. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I confess that has been done on both sides of the political fence: every local politician, regardless of his political colour, has his pet projects. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are many more examples of pet projects and spin that ought to—but will not—be controlled by the measure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At best, the money would be siphoned off to pet projects. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have spent money on pet projects and ordered council officers to stop looking for savings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely that would be much fairer than grabbing it for themselves for their own pet projects where, as we know, it will be wasted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That money has to be ring-fenced to stop local councils being able to squander it on pet projects. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Everyone favours reductions in public expenditure until reductions affect him or his pet projects. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Want to learn more? Go to the definition of Go to the definition of project See other collocations with project |
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