debt standstill

基本解释

If Greece has to declare a debt standstill, say the hardliners, so be it.
持強硬立場者表示，若希臘被迫宣佈暫停償付債務，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.
中東地區由政府支持的房地産企業“迪拜世界公司”暫停償付債務，使債券投資者更爲警惕主權投資工具的風險。
A WEEK after Dubai World announced its debt standstill, the financial panic seems to have disappeared as quickly as a desert squall.
迪拜世界宣佈暫停還債一周後，金融恐慌似乎已經如沙漠風暴般轉瞬即逝。

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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