Sensing a freezing of credit markets following the default of Lehman Brothers, policymakers decided it was better to become a bailout nation than a sunken ship.

嗅到了雷曼兄弟陨落之后，信用市场即将进入严冬的气息，政策制定者感到用救市武装全国总比让船沉了好。

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Perhaps a topographical map is better for a particular display than the default map view.

对于特殊的显示，使用地形图或许要比使用默认地图的效果更好。

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On balance, it appears to perform better than the standard tree, and I therefore provide it as the default.

总而言之，它的性能比标准树更好，因此我将它作为缺省值提供。

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Default risks, as measured by credit default swaps, are on the decline in the emerging markets and even better than a number of European countries.

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If we reach the brink, however, minting million- or billion-dollar platinum coins would be better than default.

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