At worst, some Banks may fail-and trigger real bank runs in countries whose shaky public finances have left them ill equipped to prop up their financial institutions.

最坏的情况则可能是某些银行倒闭，并在那些公共财政原本脆弱、无力支撑金融机构的国家引发真正的银行挤兑。

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The Rainforest Action Network thinks the American Petroleum Institute and its oil lobby allies are behind a slew of fake Twitter accounts designed to prop up public opinion about the pipeline.

雨林行动网络认为，在美国石油组织及其联盟背后，建立这些Twitter假账户的目的旨在推动公众对于这个管道系统的舆论导向。

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But if people tire of it and cede control to special interests that do not align with the public interest, Peer to Patent could devolve into just another prop for the status quo.

但如果人们厌倦了它，放弃去控制并不与公众利益一致的特殊利益的话，“Peer to Patent”也不免沦为维持现状的工具。

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Public spending has been rising there as the government tries to prop up the economy with fiscal stimulus packages like its car-scrapping scheme, but the state has also started reining in its spending to repair its poor public finances.

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Facing decline, France enacted silly laws to prop up the mother tongue, such as requiring the use of French in the public square, in advertising, etc.

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