The Obama administration attacked the credibility of the analysis underlying Standard & Poor’s decision to downgrade the United States’ top credit rating. S&P was forced to rmve the number from its analysis after the U.S. Treasury officials found that the rating agency’s 31 of the government’s discretionary spending was too high. The reason the Obama administration felt upset was that S&P decided to downgrade the U.S. credit rating 32 the errors found in the calculations. While S&P cut the long-term U.S. credit rating by one notch to AA-plus, a Treasury spokesman still said that a judgment by a US$2 trillion error speaks for itself. Such mistakes were 33 the rating agency’s unsophisticated understanding of toe U.S. political system. Leaving alone what the U.S. officials claimed，the top S&P official told Reuters that any changes in the calculations 34 into consideration. Also, the US$4 trillion sliced from future budgets was symbolic of the part of the hard-fought deal to lift the nation’s debt’s limit. Even though the error clearly pointed out is bad for the image of the U.S., the rating agency declined to 35 on its downgrade. Dealing with the threat, the U.S. Treasury officials had not only played down the potential impact but also said markets already were aware it was under consideration. 【題組】35. (A) put forth (B) hold off (C) get over (D) turn out
例：I hope the rain holds off until we get home. Let's hold off making a decision until next week. (美式用法) They've decided to hold off on buying a car until they're both working.
2) vt. 抵擋（某人），使（某人）無法接近 ＜較俚語式的用法＞
例：The 100 metres champion successfully held off the other runners and finished in record time.
put forth 提出; 發表
Darwin put forth the theory of evolution. 達爾文提出了進化論。
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