lack a stable source of revenue 缺乏穩(wěn)定收入來源

heavily reliant on 嚴重依賴

land sales and土地出售

transfers from the central government轉(zhuǎn)移支付

provide fewer feathers to pluck（能薅的羊毛變少了）

ameliorate some of the perversities of the country's economic model 改善扭曲

discourage speculation抑制投機

invigorate rental market（激活租房市場）.

“asset-rich” but relatively “cash-poor”有資產(chǎn)沒錢

the tax is not the only lever that policymakers can pull稅收也不是唯一工具

hefty downpayment requirements高首付

limits on the purchase of additional flats購買多套房的限制

local social-security contributions社保

weigh too heavily on 影響過大

cool speculation抑制投機

exempts the first xx square metres of space 免征

palatable易于接受

A. (of food or drink 食物或飲料) 可口的；味美的having a pleasant or acceptable taste

B. ~ (to sb)宜人的；可意的；可接受的pleasant or acceptable to sb

Some of the dialogue has been changed to make it more palatable to an American audience.有些對白有所修改以適應(yīng)美國觀眾的口味。