单词gap-1
A gap year, also known as a year off, deferred year, or bridge year, refers to a period of a year or more between life"s stages.
所谓空档年，也叫间隔年，是指不同人生阶段间长达1年甚至更久的一段“人生缝隙”。
The main reason for the switch is not to help save the planet by reducing Gap"s carbon footprint, but to help save money.
这种变化的主要原因不是他们为了减少地球的碳足迹[1]，而是为了省钱。
However, the total cost of its project is estimated at $511m, so it has a funding gap of about $150m.
然而，该项目的总成本预计为5.11亿美元，因此融资缺口约为1.5亿美元。
I"ve got some questions for you: 1. You were born in 2006 (your timeline) and (2011 in our timeline), why are there 5 years of time-gap?
我有些问题问你：1。你出生在2006年（在你的时间线上）和2011年（我们的时间线上），为什么会有5年的时间差呢？
And yet no one has tried seriously to close the gap, which can be done only by (1) raising taxes or (2) cutting expenditures.
然而，从来没有人认真考虑来弥补这个缺口，方法有两个，要么提高税率，要么降低支出。
If it looks like the usual 1 cm, which is contained in a generation gap.
看似平常的1厘米，内中蕴含的却是一代的差距。
The gap between actual GDP and potential GDP (when the economy is at full throttle) correlates well with deflation, he argues (see chart 1).
他认为，实际GDP和潜在GDP（充分利用产能所能生产出的GDP）的缺口与通缩之间高度关联（见表1）。
But before you worry about China"s becoming No. 1 any time soon, consider the remaining gap between its economy and the U. S. economy.
但是在你担心中国很快会成为世界第一之前，请先比较中美两国经济上的现存的差距。
But now that gap has widened to 47-to-one, marking the largest wealth gap ever recorded between the two age groups.
但是现在的差距已经扩大到了47比1，创了两代人财富最大差距记录。
It will now be even harder for Mr Paterson to persuade an already reluctant legislature to help close a widening $2. 1 billion budget gap.
现在Paterson更难说动不情愿的州议会减少不断扩大的21亿美元预算缺口。