For decades, holders of the liabilities of Banks in the United States had felt secure with the protection of a modest equity-capital cushion, allowing Banks to lend freely.

几十年来，仰赖适度的资本缓冲的保护，美国各银行的债权人大有高枕无忧之感，从而放任了银行的信贷活动。

youdao

When, say, two types of asset were assumed to be uncorrelated, investors felt able to hold the same capital as a cushion against losses on both, because they would not lose on both at the same time.

比方说，当假定两种类型的资产是非相关的，投资者觉得可以用同一份资本作为两种资产损失的安全余量，因为他们不会同时亏损。

youdao

In scientific terms, probably the most significant effect of the Sea Empress spill has been felt by a tiny creature known as the brooding cushion-star, or Asterina phylactica to those in the know.

BBC: News | UK | West Wales recovering from 'environmental disaster'

A. Little bit, but the--the--for me, the point of that meeting was I had gotten to a point where Linda Tripp wasn't returning my phone calls, and so I felt that I needed to devise some way, that somehow--to kind of cushion the shock of what would happen if Linda Tripp testified all the facts about my relationship, since I had never disclosed that to the President.

BBC: Monica Lewinsky's evidence