政府官员们深知，如果他们救援稍缓出台，那些“僵尸”或是濒临“僵尸”银行 — — 几乎没有净资产 ， “ 死马”还被当作“活马”来医 — — 为了自保，很有可能会放手一搏。
Officials know that if they wait too long, zombie or near zombie banks – with little or no net worth, but treated as if they were viable institutions – are likely to “gamble on resurrection.”