debt standstill

基本解释

If Greece has to declare a debt standstill, say the hardliners, so be it.
持强硬立场者表示，若希腊被迫宣布暂停偿付债务，那就由它去吧。
A debt standstill by Dubai World, a state-backed property venture in the Middle East, made bond investors more nervous about sovereign risk.
中东地区由政府支持的房地产企业“迪拜世界公司”暂停偿付债务，使债券投资者更为警惕主权投资工具的风险。
A WEEK after Dubai World announced its debt standstill, the financial panic seems to have disappeared as quickly as a desert squall.
迪拜世界宣布暂停还债一周后，金融恐慌似乎已经如沙漠风暴般转瞬即逝。

The debt standstill suggests Dubai had run out of options for a pre-emptive comprehensive bail-out from the well-resourced region.
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An emirate that has spent so much money and hired so many flaks to cultivate its image and inspire confidence saw much of that work undone in a single 200-word statement announcing the debt standstill.
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