That was supposed to have shielded the state from its overexposure to the dollar.
该计划如果得以实施,本可为南澳州阻挡由澳元升值带来的冲击。
Now Lehman was, like the other financial firms that would go under in the coming days, done in by overexposure to a toxic financial instrument based on something that used to be simple and safe -- a 30-year fixed-rate home loan.
现在,雷曼兄弟就像其他将在未来几天倒闭的金融公司一样,因过度暴露于一种过去简单而安全的有毒金融工具——30 年期固定利率住房贷款而破产。