He says he wants to ensure that the failure of a single, large financial firm would not threaten the entire economy.

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To some extent, the subprime crisis is a failure of Basel II, which is not even fully born yet.

从某种程度上讲,次贷危机就是新巴塞尔协议的一次失败,该协议甚至还没有正式生效

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This was a failure because people could not go near the tickle machine without convulsing in laughter.

这是一个失败的发明,因为人们还没靠近挠痒痒的机器,就已经被它的模样逗笑了

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If the meaning is not clear in the poem, we judge the poem a failure.

如果诗歌的意思表达不明确，那么它就称不上是首好诗。

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We pointed out, that this is not just a failure of communication.

需要指出,这不仅仅是沟通失败

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