shovel-ready

短语

词形变化

more shovel-ready 比较级 most shovel-ready 最高级

别名

shovel ready

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    ready for immediate commencement of excavation and construction.

  2. 2.

    Describing a project which is a candidate for economic stimulus spending, the one having a more immediate impact on the economy as opposed to the project requiring a great deal of time that must elapse for architecture, zoning, legal considerations or other factors before labor can be deployed on it.

    引申义

词源

First used by Barack Obama during an interview with Meet the Press on 6 December 2008.

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