中國中央政府部門于周四開始公布公開2011年公款花費。根據公開的數目來看，去年中央部門在公務接待、公車、出國方面的支出為93.6億人民幣 （約合14.8億美元），即眾所周知的“三公經費”。至今已有超過90個中央部門公開了他們2010年至2011年的公務出國、接待和交通費用。

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Chinese central government departments on Thursday began to publish details on their expenditures in 2011. According to the figures released, central government departments spent 9.36 billion yuan (1.48 billion U.S. dollars) on receptions, vehicles and overseas trips, also known as "the three public consumptions". More than 90 central government departments publicized their 2010 and 2011 spending on overseas travel, receptions and vehicles.

分析：

上述新聞中的“the three public consumptions”就是“三公經費”的意思，“三公經費”是指中央財政按照有關規定，通過財政撥款安排給相關中央部門及其所屬單位，用于因公出國（境）、公務用車購置及運行和公務接待等方面的支出。
“三公經費”是一個劃時代的進步，公開后要加強對細目賬單的核查。目前的公開還沒有使公眾對政府部門的預算進行有效監督，并達到制止政府部門過度消費的目的。

相關詞匯：

1. the three public consumptions 三公經費，三公消費

2. vehicle purchasing and maintenance 車輛購置及運行費

3. central government department 中央政府部門

4. excessive consumption/over-consumption 過度消費

5. publicize v. 公布

例句：These securities were so bad that they wouldn't even publicize their credit rating.這些證券如此之差，以至于不能公布他們的信用評級。

例句：

Since May 2011, the State Council has repeatedly called on its ministries to reduce "squandering practices" and make their fiscal information public in more areas and "provide greater details", especially regarding funds used for "the three public consumptions".
自2011年5月起，國務院三令五申要求政府各部門減少鋪張浪費行為，并且向公眾公開財政信息范圍和提供更詳細細節，特別是用于“三公消費”的經費。

"The three public consumptions" have long been criticized as "sources of corruption and waste".
“三公消費”長期以來被批評為“腐敗和浪費的根源”。