| 词汇 | shovel-ready |
| 释义 | shovel-ready adjective informaluk /ˈʃʌv.əlˌred.i/ us /ˈʃʌv.əlˌred.i/ at a stage or in a condition where building work can be begun: （建设工程处于）可以开始的阶段（或状态） They have a list of shovel-ready projects, all approved but shelved for lack of funds.他们有一系列的工程可以立刻动工，都是已经获得批准但是缺乏资金的项目。 The site is shovel-ready, so development could start tomorrow.工地已经处于可以动工状态，所以明天可以开始动工。 Stages & phases beta early-stage early-term home run home straight home stretch in phase/out of phaseidiom interstage leg multi-phase multi-step multiphasic partway phase point stepping stone subphase tertiary twilight Examples of shovel-readyshovel-ready The president in 2009 touted "shovel-ready" transportation projects as the backbone of his economic stimulus package. From The Hill A bill to designate more "shovel-ready" industrial lands also was referred to the budget committee. From OregonLive.com It turned out there - you know, there's no such thing as a shovel-ready project. From NPR Repairs tend to be more shovel-ready than new projects, so they pump money into the economy faster. From Slate Magazine You remember all the stuff about the shovel-ready projects. From NPR There were less "shovel-ready" infrastructure projects than initially believed for the stimulus but the ultimate return on investment may be higher. From Foreign Policy On infrastructure spending, there's an inherent tension between projects that might be shovel-ready and those that are shovel-worthy, adding to the economy's growth potential over the long haul. From Bloomberg There were hardly any shovel-ready projects. From TIME 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. |
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