1.La Barbera said the plot only failed because the authorities found a cache of explosives that was earmarked for the job.
earmark for 把…指定专用于,指定…作特定用途,指拨(款项):;
例句:What's next, a congressional earmark for olives?
下一个是什么,由国会指定用途的橄榄枝吗?
2. The Mafia was ever aiming to strike a major psychological blow at the height of their war with the state.
at the height of 在鼎盛时期;
例句:Even at the height of the dotcom boom, people had only the vaguest grasp of cisco's business.
即便在互联网最繁荣时期,人们对思科的业务也仅限于最模糊的认知。