Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Project pursestrings

Chinese translation:

项目资金控制/计划处

Added to glossary by Mark Xiang
Oct 19, 2004 02:52
19 yrs ago
English term

Project pursestrings

English to Chinese Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
What's "Project pursestrings" in Chinese?

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Non-ProZ.com Oct 19, 2004:
Project Pursestrings, with its well-funded headquarters on Washington��s K Street, was designed to pressure Congress into withdrawing funding for the war in Southeast Asia.

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资金控制项目/计划处

Future White House aide Harold Ickes and others at "Project Pursestrings"—assisted at one point by an ambitious young Bill Clinton—worked to cut off all congressional funding intended to help the South Vietnamese defend themselves.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=7572
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agree Wenjer Leuschel (X) : 项目资金控管处
59 mins
Thank you, Wenjer Leuschel!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you very much!"
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FYI

pursestrings = purse strings=钱袋子上的拉绳
不知project pursestrings是不是指控制项目钱的人,即项目的钱匣子??
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资金监管工程

purse strings:
1 the right or power to manage the disposition of money: in control of the family purse strings.(Random House's)
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