在衰退时期，培训预算被看成是消耗的奢侈品。

During the recession, training budgets were seen as an expendable luxury.

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这其中最艰难的，是他需要解决消耗掉相当大一部分预算的医疗保健和社会安全成本问题。

Hardest of all, he needs to tackle the health and social-security costs that eat up so much of the budget.

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预算和收益的比例能够反映更多关于城市资源消耗情况及资源随时间增长或减少而可能发生的变化。

Budgets and revenue percentages can provide even more information about how city resources are spent or how they are likely to grow or shrink over time.

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