1·They're ready to cut the federal budget deficit for the next fiscal year.
他们已准备好在下一个财政年度削减联邦预算赤字。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Facing an $8.3 billion budget deficit this year, closing post offices is one of several proposals the Postal Service has put forth recently to cut costs.
面对今年83亿美元的预算赤字，关闭邮局这一做法是邮政总局为精简开支所提出的若干建议中的一条。
3·Yesterday I laid out a plan to cut $4 trillion from our deficit.
昨天我推出了一份削减政府赤字4万亿美元的计划。
4·The idea that we must cut the budget deficit at a time of high unemployment is such a misconception.
高失业率时期，我们必须削减财政赤字的观点就是这样一个错误观念。
5·Both plans would have cut the deficit by roughly $4 trillion over the next decade, enough to put the debt on a downward path relative to GDP.
这两个计划表方案都要求在未来十年削减大约4万亿的赤字，对比GDP的比例，已经足够使债务呈现一个下降趋势。
6·On FRIDAY afternoons, residents of Washington, DC, often find a clear route out of the city as elusive as a deal to cut the deficit.
每个星期五的下午，华盛顿特区的居民都会看到一条清晰的线延伸至市外，这条线如同削减赤字的协议一般难以描述。
7·With the deficit numbers higher, we would have to cut more to reach my goal of halving the deficit in four years.
由于赤字增加了，如果要在四年内实现削减一半赤字的目标，就需要削减更多的预算。
8·We certainly wouldn't try to cut the deficit or balance the budget while the ship is still taking on water, right?
船还在水上漂的时候，我们当然不会再去设法削减赤字或者平衡预算了，对吧？
9·For example, China wants the United States to raise its own savings rate and cut its budget deficit and reliance on consumer borrowing, which are blamed for the influx of Chinese goods and capital.
如中国希望美国提高存款利率，减少预算赤字及对消费信贷的依赖，后者被认为引起了中国商品和资本的蜂拥而入。
10·Not trying too hard to cut the budget deficit encouraged the economy to recover nicely.
别太急着削减预算赤字以刺激经济复苏，使之表现靓丽。