This has been a necessary adjustment because the borrow-and-spend path we were on wasn’t sustainable.

这一直是一次必要的调整，因为我们走的借贷消费道路是不可持续的。

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And how can a country that got itself in peril by borrowing and spending without limit now borrow and spend its way back to safety?

一个曾因过度借贷和消费而陷入危机的国家，现在希望通过过度借贷消费走出困境，怎么可能？

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It must borrow and spend to fix a crisis created by too much borrowing and spending.

它必须举债并消费来解决由于人们借债太多，消费过量带来的危机。

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But he also says Americans cannot return to a "borrow-and-spend economy."

VOA: special.2009.05.29

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