What motivated him, we were to understand, was his zeal for "fundamental fairness" - protecting the taxpayer, controlling spending and ensuring that only the most deserving claimants received their benefits.
我们被告知，促使他这样做的是他对“根本公平”的热忱——保护纳税人，控制开支，并确保只有最值得获得的人才能领取他们的福利金。
Successive governments have permitted such increases on the grounds that the cost of investing in and running the rail network should be borne by those who use it, rather than the general taxpayer.
历届政府都允许此类涨价，理由是铁路网络的投资和运营成本应由使用者承担，而不是由全体纳税人承担。
例句取自历年考研英语真题，翻译为机器生成，仅供学习参考。