道琼斯通讯社引用美国财政部的报道中称，中国于八月抛售美国国债，减少了净持有量，但仍是最大的美债海外
持有国。
请看相关英文报道：
China sold US Treasuries in August, reducing its net holdings but remaining the largest foreign
holder, Dow Jones Newswires reported citing the US Treasury Department.
【解析】
在上述报导中，“美国国债”的英语表述为"US Treasuries"，而“treasury”即“国债、国库券”的意思。此
外，“国债”还可以表述为“national debt”或“state debt”。
例句：
The Chinese premier took a studiously neutral view on future purchases of US Treasury bills this
year.
谈到中国今年购买美国国债的计划，这位中国总理刻意表达了中性看法。
The national debts of that country are rolling up.
那个国家的国债在不断地增加。
The transaction would involve a considerable lapse of time because the shares could not be sold
until the state debt was paid.
国债没有还清，这些股票就不能出售，所以这笔交易要拖延相当一段时间。
