英语词汇“discretionary”的音标、意思、用法及中文翻译-反思网

non-discretionary
finance & economics, law specialized
A discretionary fund(= an amount of money saved or invested for someone) allows the person who manages the fund to make decisions about how the money in it is managed and used, without asking the person who the money belongs to:
discretionary trustTrustees of a discretionary trust may be able to decide which beneficiary to make payments to and how often payments are made.
With a discretionary account, a broker makes trades for you.
Opposite

non-discretionary
There are many points in the sentencing process where prosecutors and judges can exercise discretionary authority to reduce drug sentences.
School districts have discretionary funds that they can use for activities such as athletics.
Senior managers are eligible for discretionary bonuses.
Company contributions to the employee's pension scheme are discretionary, based on the company's profitability.
It's a discretionary expenditure — you don't have to buy the tickets.
Sales of discretionary items such as jewellery and furniture have suffered the most.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Decisions and deciding
ascription
be make or break for someone/somethingidiom
be on the horns of a dilemmaidiom
choose
clinch
conclusion
finalize
fish or cut baitidiom
flip
flip a coinidiom
get something into your headidiom
judge
resolution
see fitidiom
sleep
split decision
swing
swing the balanceidiom
take it into your head to do somethingidiom
take the plungeidiom

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Power to control
Paying money
Investing money

discretionary | American Dictionary

discretionary
adjective
us/dɪˈskreʃ·əˌner·i/
available to someone by choice, without having to get permission or authority:
Once your kids have discretionary money of their own, they can pay for their own DVDs.

discretionary | Business English

discretionary
adjective
uk /dɪˈskreʃənəri/us
ACCOUNTING
used to describe an amount of money in a budget that can be reduced if necessary:
discretionary expenditure/spending
He renewed his call on the Legislature to freeze discretionary funds already approved but not spent.
FINANCE
allowed or decided according to what is considered suitable in a particular situation:
discretionary benefits/bonuses/payments
The draft law gives companies discretionary power to block merger and acquisition deals with foreign investors.
FINANCE
relating to an arrangement in which an investment manager or broker has the authority to make investment decisions without instructions from their client:
Wealth management companies offer discretionary and advisory services to those with more than £100,000 to invest.

Examples of discretionary

discretionary
For example, can the ethic of care be easily incorporated into legislation, or might it ultimately be too discretionary to capture within legal rules?
Regime theories suggest that a partisan agenda will strongly influence personnel decisions, which include discretionary military command appointments.
Pre-government, the childless had between 11.65 and 40.34 more hours a week of 'discretionary time' than their with-children counterparts.
The training needs of lone parents may, however, be assessed with some discretionary grants available.
In this demanding moral context, ultimate hopes are neither trivial nor discretionary.
Their reason was simple : the proposed vaccination law granted too much discretionary power to the president and his minions.
The impact of welfare-gender regimes is measured by the difference between post-government and pre-government discretionary time.
This figure describes the impact of welfare-gender regimes on the discretionary time of prime workingaged parents in two-earner couples.
As legislatures mature, for example, they tend to become increasingly autonomous and internally complex and to develop more universal, less discretionary rules.
These institutional arrangements, which relied on discretionary targets and localized implementation, were 'sticky' in the sense that they commanded widespread respect among policy elites.
The effect was to squeeze provincial finances, making them highly dependent on discretionary transfers from the centre.
Wives made active claims on their incomes for domestic maintenance, so that such contributions came to be seen as less and less discretionary.
In general, people with children gain more 'discretionary time' as a result of the government interventions here in view.
In such a system, the judge's discretionary powers are limitless, and their arbitrariness would entail a denial of basic human rights.
It is immensely difficult to distinguish between an essential supportive and a discretionary instructional role for astrocytes.
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.

词汇	discretionary
释义	discretionary adjective formaluk /dɪˈskreʃ.ən.ər.i/ us /dɪˈskreʃ.ən.er.i/ able to be decided by a particular person or group, rather than being controlled by rules, or relating to the power to make these decisions: （由官员）自行决定的，自主的 discretionary powersJudges have great discretionary powers.法官有很大的自主权。 discretionary sentencingDiscretionary sentencing is intended to take into account the range of possible aggravating and mitigating factors in any serious crime. These pay rises are purely discretionary. discretionary grant/bonus/awardAll contributors will receive a discretionary grant/bonus/award. finance & economics specialized relating to things that you pay for that are not considered completely necessary, or to money spent on these things: discretionary spendingHouseholds have already cut back on discretionary spending amid worries about the economic outlook. discretionary purchasesConsumer spending has shrunk, with most people cutting back on discretionary purchases, such as hotel stays. discretionary income He suggests that any discretionary income should be used to pay off loans before using it to make investments. Opposite non-discretionary finance & economics, law specialized A discretionary fund(= an amount of money saved or invested for someone) allows the person who manages the fund to make decisions about how the money in it is managed and used, without asking the person who the money belongs to: discretionary trustTrustees of a discretionary trust may be able to decide which beneficiary to make payments to and how often payments are made. With a discretionary account, a broker makes trades for you. Opposite non-discretionary There are many points in the sentencing process where prosecutors and judges can exercise discretionary authority to reduce drug sentences. School districts have discretionary funds that they can use for activities such as athletics. Senior managers are eligible for discretionary bonuses. Company contributions to the employee's pension scheme are discretionary, based on the company's profitability. It's a discretionary expenditure — you don't have to buy the tickets. Sales of discretionary items such as jewellery and furniture have suffered the most. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Decisions and deciding ascription be make or break for someone/somethingidiom be on the horns of a dilemmaidiom choose clinch conclusion finalize fish or cut baitidiom flip flip a coinidiom get something into your headidiom judge resolution see fitidiom sleep split decision swing swing the balanceidiom take it into your head to do somethingidiom take the plungeidiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Power to control Paying money Investing money discretionary \| American Dictionary discretionary adjective us/dɪˈskreʃ·əˌner·i/ available to someone by choice, without having to get permission or authority: Once your kids have discretionary money of their own, they can pay for their own DVDs. discretionary \| Business English discretionary adjective uk /dɪˈskreʃənəri/us ACCOUNTING used to describe an amount of money in a budget that can be reduced if necessary: discretionary expenditure/spending He renewed his call on the Legislature to freeze discretionary funds already approved but not spent. FINANCE allowed or decided according to what is considered suitable in a particular situation: discretionary benefits/bonuses/payments The draft law gives companies discretionary power to block merger and acquisition deals with foreign investors. FINANCE relating to an arrangement in which an investment manager or broker has the authority to make investment decisions without instructions from their client: Wealth management companies offer discretionary and advisory services to those with more than £100,000 to invest. Examples of discretionary discretionary For example, can the ethic of care be easily incorporated into legislation, or might it ultimately be too discretionary to capture within legal rules? Regime theories suggest that a partisan agenda will strongly influence personnel decisions, which include discretionary military command appointments. Pre-government, the childless had between 11.65 and 40.34 more hours a week of 'discretionary time' than their with-children counterparts. The training needs of lone parents may, however, be assessed with some discretionary grants available. In this demanding moral context, ultimate hopes are neither trivial nor discretionary. Their reason was simple : the proposed vaccination law granted too much discretionary power to the president and his minions. The impact of welfare-gender regimes is measured by the difference between post-government and pre-government discretionary time. This figure describes the impact of welfare-gender regimes on the discretionary time of prime workingaged parents in two-earner couples. As legislatures mature, for example, they tend to become increasingly autonomous and internally complex and to develop more universal, less discretionary rules. These institutional arrangements, which relied on discretionary targets and localized implementation, were 'sticky' in the sense that they commanded widespread respect among policy elites. The effect was to squeeze provincial finances, making them highly dependent on discretionary transfers from the centre. Wives made active claims on their incomes for domestic maintenance, so that such contributions came to be seen as less and less discretionary. In general, people with children gain more 'discretionary time' as a result of the government interventions here in view. In such a system, the judge's discretionary powers are limitless, and their arbitrariness would entail a denial of basic human rights. It is immensely difficult to distinguish between an essential supportive and a discretionary instructional role for astrocytes. 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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