易混淆的单词： Housebound

Newcastle , where he is chief librarian , is considering buying some e-book reading devices to lend to older , housebound residents .

纽卡斯尔的首席图书馆馆长，正在考虑购买一些电子图书阅读设备借给那些年老的、足不出户的居民。

He pointed out that e-books were not only cheaper , because of the lack of wear and tear and thefts , but they also offered great opportunities for older housebound readers .

他指出，电子图书不仅因为不会被磨损、撕毁或者盗窃而廉价，而且它们更是给那些腿脚不便利的老年读者带来了福音。

The downturn means that some $ 1 billion has gone from the state 's budget of $ 7 billion since july , cutting deeply into funding for education , prisons , health programmes for the old , the disabled , and children , meal deliveries for the housebound , and everything in between .

持续的经济低迷意味着有10亿美元已经从70亿美元的州预算中流失了，这些钱主要用在以下方面：教育，监狱管理，老年人、残疾人、儿童医疗计划，外卖服务，以及各种相关支出。