There are creative ways to make default less painful; trying to pretend it will not happen is not one of them.

许多创造性的方法可以降低危机带来的损害；努力假装不会发生并不是其中之一。

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That risk of default can make it harder and costlier for them to borrow more money.

VOA: special.2010.11.19

Indeed, the creation of a big bail-out fund was meant to make default unthinkable.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

They say it would make default easier and, whatever the Fund's official line, would increase the power of an institution that is driven by politics more than economics.

ECONOMIST: IMF/World Bank meetings

Either way, it was confusing enough to make voters default to their partisan positions.

ECONOMIST: Introduction