目前的收入水平、机会和健康结果的巨大差距是社会崩溃瓦解的一个前兆。
The current huge gaps, in income levels, opportunities, and health outcomes, are a precursor for social breakdown.
不过,如果说雷曼兄弟的崩溃瓦解是不可想象,那么这些银行现在面对的更令人无法置信:市场对欧元区主权债危机产生了恐慌。
But if Lehman Brothers' collapse was unthinkable, they now face the unimaginable: fears of a sovereign-debt crisis in the euro zone.
希腊这样小型会员国的违约固然对欧元的地位有相当打击,但却不致于让其崩溃瓦解。
Default by a smaller member such as Greece would be a body blow to the euro's standing but it need not spell the end of the currency.
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