单词balance-the-books
He wanted to set out his stall as someone who would balance the books and create a firm financial situation.
他想要展现才能，让人知道他是能使收支平衡，能创造稳固的财政态势的人。
If it is not political madness to try to balance the books, what is the best way to do it?
如果努力平衡收支不是政治上的疯狂行为，那么怎么平衡是最好的方法？
That will almost certainly include raiding the reserves to help balance the books.
这当然也就包括侵吞国家储备金来结清各种帐目。
In one of our two-year budget cycles in the 1980s, he had to cut spending six times to balance the books.
80年代，在一个两年一度的财政预算周期中，为了达到收支平衡，他不得不6次削减开支。
To balance the books, he raised some taxes, notably VAT, but three-quarters of the savings will come from spending cuts.
为了平衡收支，他提高了一些税收，尤其是增值税，但是四分之三的节省款项将来自于缩减开支。
Chancellor George Osborne has delivered his first Budget of the new coalition government - outlining plans to ""balance the books" by 2016.
财政部长乔治奥斯本公布了新联合政府的财政预算——在2016年达到“收支平衡”的纲领计划。
Fear of a downgrade has pushed him into more effort to balance the books.
对降级的害怕推动着他更加努力平衡账目。
By putting economics second, Mr Brown has made it harder to balance the books.
把经济状况放一边，布朗结账变得更难。
Teachers fear that, despite the extra teaching burden, colleges will make some of them redundant to balance the books.
尽管存在很大的教学压力，教师们担心学校为了平衡预算，会对他们进行裁员。
Any new transport law must balance the books, but neither party is keen to find new revenue.
新的交通法必须得平衡开支，然而两党谁都不愿为交通建设支出寻找新的财政收入来源。