These might include threats to freeze EU funds for poorer regions and EU mega-projects, and even the suspension of a country's voting rights in EU ministerial councils.

这些可能包括威胁冻结欧盟提供给贫困地区和欧盟大型项目的资金，甚至暂停某个成员国在欧盟部长级理事会的投票权。

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"I am not a supporter of mega-projects," said Zuo Qiting, a professor of hydrology at Zhengzhou University.

郑州大学水文学教授左其亭称，“我不支持超级大项目。”

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Freezing funding for EU mega-projects is equally unworkable; such projects often cross borders, so punishing one country leaves others to suffer too.

冻结欧盟大计划的基金同样是不可行的。这样的计划经常是跨境的，因而惩罚一个国家也会牵连其他的国家。

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Hopewell has also gotten flak for breaking the cardinal rule of mega-projects: Keep the costs off your own books.

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Part of the reason is that such mega-projects tend to be all-or-nothing propositions.

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Analysts give diverse reasons for the meltdown, most pointing to the current account deficit fueled by numerous infrastructure mega-projects that rely on external financing in U.S. dollars.

CNN: DEFLECTING RUMORs