Simulations:模拟
Verdict:判决
Ahead:即将来临
outlook:前景
forecasts :预测
are underpinned by :都基于
rosy assumptions:乐观的假设
Plug in the market’s current view:代入市场目前对...的看法
variables:变量
assess the fragility of:评估...的脆弱性
administration:政府
a slew of tax hikes:进行一系列的增税
fiscal sustainability and manageable debt-servicing costs:财政,可控的偿债成本
reduce deficits :减少赤字
proposals offer:提议提出
savings:节省
delivering on such a plan:实现这样的计划
bitterly divided on partisan lines:党派严重分歧的
deep spending cuts:大幅度削减开支
ballooning deficit:膨胀的赤字
specifying :具体的
what they’d slash:他们削减的内容
deterioration:恶化
squeezing the benefits:挤压福利
entitlement programs:福利计划
a disorderly rout :无序崩溃
triggered by:引发的
downgrades:下调
depletion of :的枯竭
in miniature:微型的
provides a glimpse into the abyss:让我们一睹深渊
sent xxx market into a tailspin:使...陷入混乱
Yields soared :收益飙升
step in :介入
snuff out the risk of an outright financial crisis:消除 彻底
out of office:下台
lowers the odds of a similar meltdown:降低了类似崩溃的可能性
shake investor confidence:动摇信心
evaporate:消失
the erosion of:削弱
a watershed:分水岭
access to :机会
global power and prestige:威望
crucial variables :关键变量
drifting down:下降
are squarely in the ballpark of plausibility:完全符合合理性
consensus:共识
underpinning:支撑
is compelled to:必须
provisions :规定
discretionary spending:可自由支配支出
a tall order given:考虑到
raging:激烈程度
the geopolitical threats that loom:迫在眉睫的地缘政治威胁
aren’t buying the benign rates outlook:不相信温和的利率前景
markedly higher:明显高于
maturity profile of bonds. 债券到期情况
Heavyweights:重量级人物
political spectrum :政治派别
unsettling:令人不安的
with regard to deficits:赤字
From the realm of finance,:金融领域
overlooked:忽视
is well taken:得到了很好的理解
parameters :参数
stochastic debt:随即债务
crisis-prone:容易发生危机的
Precedent isn’t promising:先例并不乐观
a standoff :顶峰
to the brink of a default:濒临违约
havoc:浩劫
another clash over borrowing:借贷冲突
spectacle:景象
a ripple:涟漪
erode:削弱
securities:证券
dynamic:动态
in play:有效
maxim:格言
evaporates:消失