"When a run on the banks was starting, there was not much they could do,"

VOA: special.2009.04.26

Once again, i won't get into all the details of this, but it ended up with a run on the Argentine banks.

这里我就不多阐述了,同样是以阿根廷银行业遭受重创收场

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If banks get in trouble and they can't pay out -if one bank gets in trouble and can't pay out on its deposits, then that can bring the whole system down because it can cause a panic among investors -among depositors and banks -and create a run on a bank.

如果银行出现问题而且他们无法支付...,如果一家银行出现问题,并且无法支付提取的存款,那么这就会使得整个系统崩溃,因为这会在投资者中引起恐慌...,在存款人和银行中引起恐慌,并且造成银行挤兑

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