美 [ˈbæləns ðə bʊks]
平衡账目：将所有的借方和贷方加起来，使账目平衡。
... Balance the books 结算； Bring home the bacon 维持生计； Go Dutch AA制； ...
结帐(balance the books), 此释义来源于网络辞典。
... 1. Balance the books 结账、结算 2. Bring home the bacon 养家糊口 3. Go Dutch 各自付账 ...
bad turn in the weather n (change to unpleasant weather) 天气转坏，天气变糟糕 balance the books 算账 be a thing of the past 过去之事 ..
结算；结帐
Voters opted by a whisker for Mr. Dayton, who had promised to balance the books in part by raising taxes on the richest 10% of Minnesotans.
选民们以微弱优势选择了戴顿先生。戴顿曾承诺提高10%的最富有的明尼苏达人的税收，从而在一定程度上实现收支平衡。
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。
That leaves spending, and the remaining 5% of GDP needed to balance the books.
这就剩下约占GDP5 %的开支需要在预算中平衡。
The real question, perhaps, is why can't Wales' Local Health Boards balance the books?
By putting economics second, Mr Brown has made it harder to balance the books.
But he also said governments should balance the books when the sun was shining.