每日一词【1150】balloon：气球

今天我们要学的词是balloon。 Balloon, 气球，做为动词，有迅速膨胀的意思。最新公布的数字显示， "Wikileaks spending ballooned as it tried to pay salaries," 维基揭密开始支付工资，造成开支膨胀。 "The New Jersey¹ pension system's long-term deficit² ballooned to $53.9 billion in the last fiscal³ year," 新泽西州退休基金的长期赤字上个财政年度猛增到539亿美元。美国第一大团购网站Groupon发展迅速。 "In just two years, Groupon has ballooned to 3,100 employees, 35 million users and more than $1 billion in annual revenue," 短短两年里，Groupon已经发展到3100名员工，3500万用户，年收入也超过了10亿美元。好的，今天我们学习的词是balloon... 

1 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

2 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

3 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。