The debt burden is simply too great, well above the euro-area limit of 3 percent of GDP: Portugal’s 2009 budget deficit was 9.3 percent; Ireland’s was 11.7 percent; and Spain’s was 11.4 percent.

因为他们的债务负担实在是太大了，远远高于欧元区国家所规定的财政赤字不得超过其GDP3%的警戒线：2009年葡萄牙的财政赤字是其GDP的9.3%；爱尔兰的这一比例则高达11.7%；而西班牙则是11.4%。

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The debt burden is simply too great, well above the euro-area limit of 3 percent of GDP: Portugal’s 2009 budget deficit was 9.3 percent; Ireland’s was 11.7 percent; and Spain’s was 11.4 percent.

因为他们的债务负担实在是太大了，远远高于欧元区国家所规定的财政赤字不得超过其GDP3%的警戒线：2009年葡萄牙的财政赤字是其GDP的9.3%；爱尔兰的这一比例则高达11.7%；而西班牙则是11.4%。

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