推卸

Responsibilities are not sloughed off so easily.

责任不是易推卸。

The watchword is lower sppending. Proposed budget cuts will be announced shortly. Until then, everybody in Albany should swear off buckpassing and bite the budget bullet.

现在口号是节流。削减预算提案不久就会宣布。在此以前奥尔巴尼[市府与议会]每个人都应扬弃互相推卸责任，而应咬紧牙关。