If Portugal did ask for help, it could prove another nasty moment for the euro area.

如果葡萄牙真的要求援助了，这可真是欧元区又一悲剧的时刻了。

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If Portugal is to remain solvent, its borrowing costs will have to fall much further.

如果葡萄牙要维持偿债能力，其借贷成本必须进一步大幅降低。

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If Portugal arrive in Holland as one of the tournament favourites, their main threat comes from Italy.

如果葡萄牙是作为大热门到达荷兰的，他们的主要威胁就是意大利。

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If Portugal wants to catch up, it needs to do better than this.

ECONOMIST: Can Portugal catch up with the rest of Europe?

They worried that if Portugal needed a bail-out, Spain would be next.

BBC: Spain: Anti-Zapatero vote tests market nerves

If Portugal's request was predictable, the outcome of this latest stage in the euro area's sovereign-debt crisis is less easy to gauge.

ECONOMIST: Portugal seeks help