means-tested adj. 经过经济情况调查的
v. 经济调查;发放救济(means-test的过去式)
- He was anxious to arrest the spread of means-tested top-up help for pensioners, which discourages private retirement saving.
他急于阻止针对养老金的经济状况调查援助计划的推广,这让私有退休收入大大受挫。 - That line of thinking points towards subsidized school meals, or conditional cash transfer programs (sometimes means-tested, sometimes with self-selection).
按这种思路,校餐应该给予补助,或实施有条件的现金补助计划(其条件包括经济状况调查,或者基于自荐)。 - A long-known but little-tested means of permanently storing carbon dioxide (CO2) underground, mineral carbonation, is now the subject of study in Iceland and Oman.
用矿物碳化的方法永久封存二氧化碳早已为人们所知,但几乎没有进行过实验,如今,这个方法成为冰岛和阿曼研究的主要课题。