Bailouts amount to mortgaging the future to stave off the Wolf howling at the door.

紧急援助意味着为了避开正在门口嚎叫的野狼而将未来抵押出去。

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We are mortgaging the future of society by constraining the choices and opportunities of our undergraduates.

我们限制了大学生的各种其他选择，赌上了社会的明天。

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They think the country is run by Ivy League snobs who are mortgaging its future to give bail-outs to their chums on Wall Street.

人们认为这个国家正是被常春藤联盟的势利眼们掌控着，大家的钱被他们拿来援助他们那些华尔街的老友。

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The mortgages themselves are marvels of financial engineering (see "Mortgaging The Future"), designed to protect borrowers and lenders against high inflation.

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If we can't get the deficit under control and begin paying back this debt, we will be mortgaging the future of our children and grandchildren.

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For decades, we have piled deficit upon deficit, mortgaging our future and our children's future for the temporary convenience of the present.

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