VOA常速英语:Economists Say Steep Challenges Await Next Administration

cut out停止, 戒除, 放弃
例句：The doctor said I must cut overwork out.
医生说我必须停止过度劳累。

2. Among them are persistently high unemployment, a surging national debt and the inability of political leaders to agree on very much.

agree on对某事〔物〕有同样看法, 商定〔同意〕某事, 商定做某事
例句：We agree on the question.
我们在这个问题上意见一致。

3. Even as America's political leaders argue over who has the better energy policy, most economists say there's little anyone can do in the short term to lower gasoline prices.

argue over就…争论〔辩论〕
例句：They are arguing vociferously over who should pay the bill.
他们为谁该付账单大声争吵。

4. Add to that the increasing burden on American taxpayers as millions of baby boomers - those born between 1946 and 1964 - reach retirement age.

add to增加
例句：The snowstorm added to our difficulties.
暴风雪增加了我们的困难。

5. "What that is doing is exacerbating a polarization, which has developed in the last 15 years - and a polarization that is particularly dangerous because it's a polarization that coincides with a nearly even division of the country," said Shapiro.

coincide with与…一致
例句：His tastes and habits coincide with those of his wife.
他的爱好跟习惯恰好和他的妻子相同。

6. While the panel insists the slowly recovering U.S. economy remains among the most dynamic and most resilient in the world - Shapiro said today's highly contentious climate could lead to political paralysis on the most important economic issues of the day.

lead to导致, 引起
例句：An ordinary cold can soon lead to a fever.
一场普通的感冒很快便会引起高烧。