The government has found that it's caught in a trap of its own making.

政府已经发现其陷入了自己造成的困境中。

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Proponents of the 'dollar trap' view argue no reasonable creditor would undermine its asset values by a starting a dollar sell-off.

“美元陷阱”看法的支持者认为，理性的债权人都不会通过抛售美元破坏其资产价值。

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Plans are always documents, don't fall into the trap of thinking that, for example, a Gantt chart is a plan - its only a schedule diagram.

计划通常是文件。不要陷入陷阱，例如，认为一张甘特横道图是一个计划，它仅仅是一张进度表而已。

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The likeliest outcome is therefore neither a sudden, history-altering reduction in defence spending, nor a quick fix that lets Congress wriggle out of its trap, but a drawn-out and perhaps salutary election-year debate about how much defence to buy at a time of distress.

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Greece has been given a chance to escape its debt trap but long years of austerity lie ahead and its economy is still shrinking.

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Several years earlier, the department was accused of targeting Hispanic drivers, and the town was notorious for being a speed trap along its section of Interstate 24, the station reported.

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