即使国会会很快来提高借债上限应对此次混乱，消极影响还是会在相当长时间内存在。
Even if Congress were to tackle turmoil by quickly lifting the debt ceiling, the stain would linger.
他说：“适当的类比是：拒绝提高借债上限就好比大笔刷信用卡花钱，却拒绝支付信用卡账单。”
"The right analogy for raising the debt limit is having a spending spree with your credit card and then refusing to pay your bill," he said.
就在共和党上周末突然一改常态之前，他们还一直威胁要求削减开支，来抵消提高借债上限的措施。
Until an abrupt change of course at the end of last week, they had been threatening to demand spending cuts to offset raising country's borrowing limit.
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