1.budget deficit 預算赤字
例句:They're ready to cut the federal budget deficit for the next fiscal year.
他們已準備好削減下一財年的聯邦預算赤字。
2.accounts for 占...比例
例句:The brain accounts for merely three per cent of body weight.
大腦僅占體重的3%。
3.trade-deficit 貿易赤字
例句:Trade-deficit countries did not co-operate, with the result that international trade all but collapsed.
貿易逆差國家沒有與之合作,其結果是國際貿易近乎崩潰。
4.pay down 當場付款;現金支付
例句:I used it to pay down some credit cards.
我用來付信用卡帳了。