troubled debt restructuring

基本解释

The European Central Bank (ECB) opposes a restructuring of Greek debt partly because of the risk that investors would then desert other troubled countries on the euro area's periphery.
欧洲央行反对希腊对债务进行重组，部分原因是为了防止投资者对欧元外围区的其他国家也失去信心，外围区国家也深陷债务麻烦之中。
The pressure is growing on senior bond holders of Europe's troubled banks who might not receive state support to preserve their capital, in other words they are inching closer to a debt restructuring.
欧洲问题银行业的优先债券持有人面临越来越大的压力，他们或不能得到中央财政的支持以保护自身的资金安全。换言之，优先债券持有人面临债务重组的几率正在加大。
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