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。
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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。