First, the piecemeal approach to the budget process served to complicate consideration of the budget, made it difficult to determine resource requirements for priority activities and, in general, undermined budget discipline.
第一，对预算过程采用零打碎敲的方式造成预算审议工作复杂化、优先活动所需的资源难以确定并且预算纪律普遍受到破坏。