shovel-ready

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. ready for immediate commencement of excavation and construction.
    — LCDC officials emphasize that the need for shovel-ready industrial sites in this case outweighs the goal of preserving prime farmland.
  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. broadly

词形变化

more shovel-ready comparative most shovel-ready superlative shovel ready alternative

词源

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