Officials said the country would save billions in healthcare costs by coming up with a glass that doesn't double as a lethal weapon.
据有关官员介绍，这种玻璃杯无法再被用作互相袭击的“致命武器”，可为英国节省数十亿的医疗开支。Alas, there seems to be much less of this waste than the politicians like to claim, at least as far as head counts are concerned.
其实啊，州政府的实际开支浪费比那些候选人所说的少得多，至少低于人们关心的数量。Begin saving as much money as you can. Cut down on all of your expenses (except debt repayment) and save every penny.
降低所有的开支（当然得先把欠债还清），省下每一便士。Short courses, the bread and butter of many schools, are often the first to be axed by companies in the face of any economic downturn.
在经济低迷时期，企业削减开支的第一个项目通常是短期课程，而这种课程是许多商学院的主要收入来源。"As long as you see the Americans are providing you with a credible umbrella, why spend more? There's no pressure from voters to do so. "
“只要美国人能为你提供可靠的保护伞，为什么还要增加开支呢？选民们没有施加这方面的压力。”Savings have been achieved through 'reduced corporate overheads and a simpler corporate structure, ' he said, not by economizing on safety.
他说，通过降低公司运营成本和简化公司结构，而非在安全方面偷工减料，公司达到了节省开支的目的。And with respect to the question of 'Why do they have to spend that amount of money? ' we would like to continue to seek answers from China.
对于“中国为何需要如此高的军事开支”这一问题，我们希望继续从中国方面寻求答案。Spending on education and health care, which are free and universal, would be cut, he said, without much elaboration.
他表示在教育和医疗上面的开支（这两者全体古巴人免费享受）将会削减，但没有作出详尽的解释。Looking back at my family's expenses over the past few years, I see big increases in our health care costs and in how much we pay for food.
回顾我们家在过去几年的家庭开支，我发现我投入到健康护理以及食品方面的资金增长很快。