His inability to pay the debt puts him in chains and throws him to prison.

他因无力还债，而锒铛入狱。

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Revenues are growing at both of the top hospital chains in the US (HCA, Community), albeit slowly, but at the same time salary expense and bad debt are also growing.

美国（HCA，社区）顶级连锁医院的收入均在增长，虽然缓慢，但同时，工资费用和坏账也在不断增长。

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As the number of screens has rocketed, so has the debt that the cinema chains are carrying.

ECONOMIST: Movie theatres

"Instead of shackles and chains, traffickers use debt, coercion, fear and intimidation, " said David Abramowitz, vice-president of policy and government relations for Humanity United, a non-profit organisation dedicated to advancing human freedom.

BBC: Fighting human trafficking on US soil

It would unlock chains of inter-company debt, as well as weaning banks off the easy option of keeping big chunks of their balance sheet in (supposedly) risk-free government bonds and encouraging them to take more credit risk.

ECONOMIST: Inconspicuous consumption