学个词Learn a Word 第246期 Narrow

今天我们要学的词是narrow。 Narrow, 是变窄、缩小的意思。"The road narrows after the tunnel," 意思是过了隧道路就变窄了。"The government is trying to narrow the health divide between the rich and the poor," 是说政府正在努力缩小贫富间的健康差距。

白宫预计，本财政年度的预算赤字会缩小。媒体报道说，"The U.S. budget deficit¹ will narrow to $205 billion in the fiscal² year that ends in September," 意思是九月份结束的财政年度的预算赤字将缩小到两千零50亿美元。好的，今天我们学习的词是narrow...

 

1 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。

2 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。