10月17日美国政府将达债务上限
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The US will hit its debt ceiling by 17 October, the Treasury1 Secretary has warned.

美国财政部长警告,10月17日美国政府将达到债务上限。
 
Jack2 Lew said that unless the US is allowed to extend its borrowing limit, the country will be left with about $30bn to meet its commitments.
 
"Net expenditures3(支出) on certain days can be as high as $60bn," he said.
 
The US government and Republicans are at stalemate(僵局) over extending the credit limit needed to avoid default.
 
President Barack Obama and the Democrats4 have said they will not negotiate with Republicans over their demand that the government agrees budget cuts in return for backing a rise in the borrowing limit.
 
Mr Lew's comments underline how close Washington is to running out of money. Failure to reach a deal would be "catastrophic" for the US economy, he said in a letter to House Speaker John Boehner.
 
"Treasury now estimates that extraordinary measures will be exhausted5 no later than October 17. We estimate that, at that point, Treasury would have only approximately $30bn to meet our country's commitments.
 
"If we have insufficient6 cash on hand, it would be impossible for the United States of America to meet all of its obligations for the first time in our history," Mr Lew said.
 
He urged Congress to "act immediately" and increase the borrowing ceiling, which has been limited at $16.7 trillion since May.
 
In return for supporting a rise in the ceiling, Republicans are pushing for a series of measures, including a delay by a year in the introduction of the Affordable7 Care Act, which would increase benefits under Mr Obama's Medicare health programme.


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1 treasury 7GeyP     
n.宝库;国库,金库;文库
参考例句:
  • The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
  • This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。
2 jack 53Hxp     
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
参考例句:
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
3 expenditures 2af585403f5a51eeaa8f7b29110cc2ab     
n.花费( expenditure的名词复数 );使用;(尤指金钱的)支出额;(精力、时间、材料等的)耗费
参考例句:
  • We have overspent.We'll have to let up our expenditures next month. 我们已经超支了,下个月一定得节约开支。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The pension includes an allowance of fifty pounds for traffic expenditures. 年金中包括50镑交通费补贴。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 democrats 655beefefdcaf76097d489a3ff245f76     
n.民主主义者,民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
  • The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 exhausted 7taz4r     
adj.极其疲惫的,精疲力尽的
参考例句:
  • It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长,到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
  • Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。
6 insufficient L5vxu     
adj.(for,of)不足的,不够的
参考例句:
  • There was insufficient evidence to convict him.没有足够证据给他定罪。
  • In their day scientific knowledge was insufficient to settle the matter.在他们的时代,科学知识还不能足以解决这些问题。
7 affordable kz6zfq     
adj.支付得起的,不太昂贵的
参考例句:
  • The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
  • There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。
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