backstop

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The government agreed to backstop companies that invested in oil exploration.
政府同意支持那些對石油勘查投資的公司。
Typically, you define a backstop profile with UACC(NONE), and no or very few users in the access list.
通常，定義一個帶有 UACC(NONE) 的 backstop 配置文件，訪問列表中沒有或有很少用戶。
But if governments themselves are deemed dodgy, the only solution may be to reassure creditors that there is a backstop in the form of European or IMF help for other countries in trouble.
可是如果其政府本身都被認爲是有疑問的，那麽唯一的解決辦法就衹有曏債權人再保証歐盟和IMF會對其他有睏難的國家予以紓睏。

Lehman might not be able to, despite the financial backstop from the Federal Reserve that continues until mid-January.
FORBES: Lehman On The Bubble
The Treasury is considering a "backstop" program, but he was vague about what that would be.
FORBES: Party's Over
Fears over Cyprus have also been contained by the European Central Bank's backstop to euro nations.
NPR: Asia Stocks Mixed After Cyprus Vote On Bailout

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