他们知道，如果公开披露美国大银行的真实情况，许多银行就会立即被宣布破产，而这会迫使政府的破产管理机构来阻止由此而引发的银行挤兑浪潮。
They knew that if the true conditions at many big banks were publicly revealed, many would have been immediately declared bankrupt, necessitating government receivership to stop a tsunami of bank runs.