The appropriations committee, suddenly and ill-advisedly parsimonious, cut funds for assistance to the disadvantaged.

拨委员会突然地和不明智地节俭地裁减对生活水平低的人的援助。

Our government made an appropriation for the project.

我们的政府为那个工程拨项。

They sat on appropriation plans until they were certain which way winds were blowing.

他们把拨计划搁置起来，直到他们确定了事情的趋势为止。