1·The SPDC is responsible for projects with investment surpassing the set ceiling.
其中限额以上的项目由国家计委负责。
2·The opening was set back again in March when a ceiling collapsed in the arrivals area.
三月份，新的候机楼投入使用的日期由于进港区域的天花板倒塌被再次延迟。
3·With time fast running out, Congress may have left it too late to meet the Tuesday deadline set by the Treasury for raising the debt ceiling above its current $14.3tn limit.
时间正一分一秒地过去，国会可能没有足够的时间在财政部确定的提高上限的最后期限——星期二完成投票，把债务上限从现在14.3万亿再次提高。
4·The short-term crisis is due to the rapid growth of federal debt outstanding that will soon hit the ceiling set by Congress.
短期债务危机是因为快速增长的联邦未偿债务很快会达到国会设定的上限。
5·Earlier this year the House of Representatives voted to erect a "cap-and-trade" system, which would set a ceiling on such emissions and lower it each year.
在今年早些时候，美国众议院就投票建立起“总体管制与交易”体系，这将限制每个国家二氧化碳的最高排量并将其逐年递减。
6·The immediate, rather slim, chance（5） is of a grand bargain on the budget emerging out of a congressional “supercommittee” set up after the debt-ceiling fiasco.
最直接的而非渺茫的情况是，在国会超级委员会提出的预算计划上达成一致广泛的一致。这个超级委员会是在债务上限未能通过后成立的。
7·The management had set a ceiling for the rate of pay rises that year.
那一年，管理层对工资的增长率设定了一个上限。
8·Silver ceiling is a set of attitudes and prejudices that prevent older employees from rising to positions of power or responsibility in a workplace.
“银色屋顶”（silver ceiling）指工作单位中存在的阻止上年纪的员工升职或者承担更多工作责任的那种歧视的态度。
9·A tall window wall, part of which is operable, is set within a light-coloured wooden frame. Overhead, an exposed wooden beam spans the width of the ceiling.
半活动式的高窗设置在浅色的木框架上。天花板上的一根暴露木梁横跨整个空间。
10·Clutching the flare gun, I fired it ahead of me at one of the sprinklers set in the ceiling.
抓牢闪光枪，我在我之前在洒水车之一点燃了它在天花板中设定。