1.budget deficit 预算赤字

例句:They're ready to cut the federal budget deficit for the next fiscal year.
他们已准备好削减下一财年的联邦预算赤字。

2.accounts for 占...比例

例句:The brain accounts for merely three per cent of body weight.
大脑仅占体重的3%。

3.trade-deficit 贸易赤字

例句:Trade-deficit countries did not co-operate, with the result that international trade all but collapsed.
贸易逆差国家没有与之合作，其结果是国际贸易近乎崩溃。

4.pay down 当场付款；现金支付

例句:I used it to pay down some credit cards.
我用来付信用卡帐了。