As a sort of holding operation until the stabilisation fund is up and running, the ECB has been buying the bonds of troubled euro-zone countries.

在稳定基金启动并开始流通之前，作为一种维持现状的手段，……购买遇到麻烦的欧元区国家的债券。

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In fact, all fit into two broad schools of thought. The first amounts to a hunch that-by holding the euro zone to ransom-britain can be a free rider on Europe's single market.

实际上，所有这些思想大致可以归于两大派别，一派只是一种设想：通过要挟欧元区国家，英国便可坐享欧洲统一市场。

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The first amounts to a hunch that—by holding the euro zone to ransom—Britain can be a free rider on Europe's single market.

第一个流派的思想相当于是一种猜想---认为支持欧元区赎回，英国便可以在欧洲的单一市场上搭一把便车。

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