该题目中有词组“spends beyonds its means" ,spend不是及物动词吗，为什么之后加了介宾短语beyonds its means,谢谢！
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However much United States voters may agree that there is waste in government and that the government as a whole spends beyond its means, it is difficult to find broad support for a movement toward a minimal state.
(A) However much
(B) Despite the agreement among
(C) Although
(D) Even though
(E) There is agreement among
A is the best choice. Choices B, C, and D incorrectly omit that after agree; that is needed to create the parallel construction agree that there is waste . . . and that the government... spends. Choice E, though it retains that, is grammatically incorrect: because E starts with an independent rather than a subordinate clause and separates its two independent clauses with a comma, it creates a run-on sentence with no logical connection established between the halves. In B, the agreement ... to the fact is unidiomatic, and B, C, and E alter the sense of the original sentence by saying that voters agree rather than that they may agree.
choice. Choices B, C, and D incorrectly omit that after agree; that is needed to create the parallel construction agree that there is waste . . . and that the government... spends. Choice E, though it retains that, is grammatically incorrect: because E starts with an independent rather than a subordinate clause and separates its two independent clauses with a comma, it creates a run-on sentence with no logical connection established between the halves. In B, the agreement ... to the fact is unidiomatic, and B, C, and E alter the sense of the original sentence by saying that voters agree rather than that they may agree.
希望大家都来讨论呀，是否此问题太简单了，spend beyond its means 该如何翻译呢，spend 在在我印象中好像只能做及物动词呀，请nn讲解一下它的用法吧
beyond（ one's ）means是一个固定表达方式，意思是“入不缚出”，“超过某人的财力”。这里加上spend，应该上说政府的开支大于收入，跟前面说的政府里有waste想对应。
在谈到钱的时候，spend也可做VI的。这个MM可以查查词典。
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