Jack: in practical mechanics, portable hand-operated device for raising heavy weights through short distances, exerting great pressures, or holding assembled work firmly in position.

千斤顶：在应用力学中，指携带方便、以手操作的装置，可将重物稍微抬高，能施加巨大压力，或将装配好的对象牢固地支撑在原地。

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But unlike the painful memories of 2008 big banks are holding their own (for now) considering the pressures, and at least some of the reason behind the relative stability has to do with: (brace yourselves) recent regulations.

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That then is the case for the defence and for now the government is holding firm, but these situations are more often than not determined by political pressures rather than the specific facts.

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