Three-fourths of the charities that answered the survey said the recession had forced them to dismiss workers or cut other spending.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

End up where you started. It's not quite the same as the shortest path, and figure out the way to do that that involves spending the least money. Or the least time, or something else.

最后回到最初的地方,这和最短路径问题有些不同,需要找出一条花费最少,或者费时最少或者满足其它条件的路径。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Or instead of spending money on clothes, maybe your, you know, body art or...

或者不把钱花在衣服上，也许你的，嗯，身体艺术……

你如何看待纹身？ - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Cut to the chase means to stop spending so much time on details or unimportant material.

VOA: special.2010.07.25

They're spending money on concrete, and bricks, and machinery, and they could be doing that wisely or unwisely and that's beyond finance to evaluate.

他们花钱买混凝土,砖块和机器,这个决策可能明智也可能不明智,但这不是金融学的讨论范畴

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The report says spending remains flat or in decline in the local economy.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

But then also a little bit about your history, where you come from, some of your experiences which have helped you or informed your opinions on this very difficult issue that the entire world really is spending a lot of time trying to work on.

然后再谈谈你们各自的经历，你们从何而来，谈一些你们自己的经历,一些帮助过你们，或形成了你们,就这个复杂问题的观点,这个全世界都在投入大量时间试图解决的问题。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

When the House and Senate debate their respective plans next week, Republicans are expected to offer amendments to cut or freeze government spending.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

Go ahead and let the Bush tax cuts expire on the theory that the government needs extra revenues to cover the higher spending or should he try to ? make the Bush tax cuts permanent, Ken Judd?

第一种是让布什减税政策自动终结，然后增税,这个倒也在情在理，毕竟政府需要,额外增加财政收入，来承担高额的财政支出,第二种是，采取措施,让该政策继续生效，肯·贾德，你怎么看？

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

Instead,they want to maintain or increase social spending in areas like education and health care.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

Or perhaps Chinese on Monday, Wednesdays, and Fridays and Thai on Saturdays and Sundays and spending two hours in the afternoon doing math and three hours in the morning doing philosophy.

或周一三五吃中餐,周六日吃泰国菜,下午花两小时研究数学,上午三小时思考哲学，统统没有用。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

"A federal bailout is not the answer." "Spending another $10 billion we do not have will not improve public education or protect the very best teachers."

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

And nobody knows, nobody believes that we can cut spending, right? -Somebody down the road has to pay the bills Somebody down the road has to pay the bills, either by cutting spending, cutting benefits or raising taxes.

而几乎没人相信,政府能够成功节流，不是吗？，-那总得,有人来埋单啊,迟早要有人来为此埋单的，要么精简政府开支，削减福利，要么增税。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

And that will be a very tough battle." As in many countries, America's elected officials are loathe to raise taxes or cut spending, particularly when the economy is weak and millions are out of work.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

More than just a little. -More than just a little 20% Federal spending is now about 20 percent of GDP ? three years from now, higher, lower or about the same?

不只低一点，-好吧,目前，联邦财政支出占GDP的,3年后，这个比例会升高，降低，还是持平？

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

"And what I don't want to hear is when they're spending that kind of money on their shareholders and spending that kind of money on TV advertising that they're nickel-and-diming fishermen or small businesses here in the Gulf who are having a hard time."

VOA: standard.2010.06.10