Vocabulary: Greek crisis
rescue package
pluck (解救;拔) Athens from default (违约; 拖欠债务)
bailout (救助)
amid widenging split
bridge widening splits (分歧) over
debt contagion (传染,蔓延)
eurozone
the single currency zone
a credit default
prickly (棘手的,难处理的;多刺的) issue
a market-rattling decision
private bondholder
swap (交换) them for new, longer-maturing bonds.
touchoff (引起, 触发某事) a powder-keg (炸药桶) response
creditors (债主)
hold a sizeable proportion of Greek debt.
insolvent (无力偿付债务的, 破产的)
debt-to-G.D.P. ratio
maintaining global financial confidence
economic meltdown (经济萎缩).
financial panic
permanent debt relief
debt rollovers
ever-higher debt level
monetary policy
subsidies (补贴, 津贴)
a monetary policy
exchange rate
deflationary.
gross domestic product
a currency depreciation (货币贬值
trim (削减) their government budgets
further austerity 【(经济的)紧缩; 严格节制消费】
bailouts(紧急援助)