The Postal Service says this price hike is designed to get the post office on better financial footing.

邮政部门表示，这次涨价旨在使邮局在财务上更稳健。

The postal service lost 16 billion in 2012, another 1740 million from April through June of this year.

邮政服务在2012年亏损160亿美元, 而今年从4月到6月亏损17.4亿。

The postal service isn't the only part of the U.S. government that's facing some serious economic questions.

邮政服务并不是美国政府唯一面临的严重经济问题。

One was delivered days later by the Postal Service.

有一张用邮递送回的投票表延迟了数天才被收到。

Valentina works in a call center for the postal service.

瓦伦蒂娜在邮政服务的呼叫中心工作。

They show readers how, within a generation, the postal service helped colonize a continent.

向读者展示了在一代人的时间里，邮政服务是如何帮助殖民一个大陆的。

The postal service has been losing money for years and the Post Master General says its plans were meant to cut costs.

美国邮政局多年来一直在亏损，邮政局长表示，这些计划旨在削减成本。

Here's a closer look at some more factors in the Postal Service's struggles.

下面，我们将更深入地了解一下邮政业的困境。

Before this law went into effect, the postal service was reporting profits.

在这项法律生效之前，邮政部门的报告中是有利润的。

Today, there's no other government agency or business that operates like the Postal Service.

今天，没有其他政府机构或企业像邮政局那样运作。

They wrote to the Postal Service governors, saying DeJoy's cost-cutting policies have undermined mail delivery.

他们写信给邮政局主管，说德乔伊的成本削减政策破坏了邮件的传递。

Secondly, the postal service doesn't set its own prices like FedEx and UPS do.

其次，邮政服务部门并不像联邦快递和联合包裹那样自行定价。

DeJoy has also been criticized for investing in companies that have done business with the Postal Service.

德乔伊还因投资与美国邮政有业务往来的公司而受到批评。

Every year the amount of mail the postal service handles drops by hundreds of millions of pieces.

每年邮政服务处理的邮件数量下降数亿件。

It's mostly funded by taxpayers so the Postal Service won't have to pay those costs itself.

该项目主要由纳税人资助，所以邮政局不必自己支付这些费用。

Dating back to 1775, years before the Constitution was signed, the Postal Service is the oldest institution on this list.

邮政服务的历史可以追溯到1775年，即宪法签署前几年，是其中最古老的政府机构。

The U.S. Congress has taken a step to try to solve one of the ongoing problems with the Postal Service.

美国国会已经采取措施试图解决邮政服务持续存在的一个问题。

Right. He says his plans for a transformation of the Postal Service are going on hold until after the election.

没错。他表示，他改革美国邮政局的计划将推迟到大选之后。

In 2019, the Postal Service reported $71 billion in revenue, but its expenses totaled almost $80 billion.

2019年，邮政局报告收入710亿美元，但其支出总额近800亿美元。

The postal service now has to establish two parallel rate categories for round trip discs that would not be subject to surcharge when they are returned.

现在相关邮政行业已经为其建立了两种平行规则，往返运送的磁盘在回程超载的情况下不会再被拒绝运输了。