Tellingly, they did not ask the fund for help on April 6th: Mr Sócrates may be hoping for a bridge loan from Brussels without IMF involvement or many conditions.

显而易见，他们在4月6号并没有寻求资金上的帮助：苏格拉底也许希望从布鲁塞尔得到过桥贷款，绕过国际货币基金组织的干预或其他有可能发生的情况。

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The Reserve Fund was specifically designed to bridge budget deficits during difficult times and currently contains about $130 billion.

俄罗斯的储备基金是专门用来在艰难时期填补预算赤字的工具，目前其储备的资金约有1,300亿美元。

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Westminster has rejected an SNP plan to borrow from future budgets to fund the bridge, paying it back over 20 years.

BBC: New bridge funding row continues

Last fall, he shut down an attempt by fellow Republicans to de-fund his state's infamous "bridge to nowhere"--a proposed piece of pork that would connect two barely populated towns--by threatening to resign.

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Yet the fund has turned into a monster, whose only purpose is to bridge the policy gap between the parties.

ECONOMIST: Almost a year on, the wheels seem to be falling off