So the idea of lending to all of them, in proportion to the size of their accumulated debts, sounds like a stupid proposition.

那么借给他们东西的想法是和他们的累积的债务成比例的。不过，这个想法听起来挺愚蠢。

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The growing aversion to risk means that banks have even been wary of lending to each other, usually considered nearly as safe a proposition as government debt.

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