| 词汇 | defund |
| 释义 | defund verb[ T ] USuk /ˌdiːˈfʌnd/ us /ˌdiːˈfʌnd/ to stop providing money or as much money to pay for something: 停止支付;停止为…提供资金 She opposes any proposal to defund US troops.她反对任何停止为美国军队提供资金的提议。 For years, community groups have advocated for defunding law enforcement – taking money away from police and prisons – and reinvesting those funds in services. By "defund the police" we mean to reduce police department budgets and redistribute those funds towards underfunded services such as housing, education, and mental health support. He rejected proposals in Congress to defund the war or to immediately withdraw troops. We will resist this effort to cripple, dismantle, devalue and defund public housing. The president has now defunded the United Nations Population Fund three years in a row. Budgeting money balance budget budget something for something budgetary couponing cut back draw/pull in your hornsidiom economize economy economy-size make ends meetidiom on a shoestringidiom put/lay something on/to one sideidiom save (something) up save on something set someone against someone shoestring skimp tighten your beltidiom Examples of defunddefund All functions of state government had undergone cuts in previous sessions, but the ongoing reductions in state spending also threatened to defund numerous departments and functions of government. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. As the funds are designated mandatory spending (they are not controlled by the annual appropriations acts), the funds would remain even if the move to defund the reform law succeeded. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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