Focus on doing, not on spending.

关注做事情，而不是花钱。

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The Chinese consumer is going to keep on spending.

中国消费者将继续消费。

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The emphasis should be on spending increases rather than tax cuts.

刺激的重点应该放在增加消费方面，而不应该放在减税方面。

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There was some good news this week, including better-than-expected reports on spending by Americans in January and February.

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And he ended with the position that the only way to put pressure on spending was by cutting taxes I never heard him use the phrase " but he subscribed to the starve-the-beast thesis.

到最后，他倒过来了,说，要想给政府施压，来削减财政支出,减税是必由之路,他倒是没有明确说,但依我看，他用的这招叫“把帽子扔过墙去。

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And things are a lot more expensive so we're spending a lot more money on food just to eat.

吃的东西很贵，所以我们在食物上花了很多钱。

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People have a change of heart on spending all of a sudden when it becomes personal.

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Exports are on the decline now that some European governments are cutting back on spending.

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In particular, he notes a focus on spending on building applications for mobile devices.

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