Their "value at risk" models first lulled bankers into a false (and perilous) sense of security, but are now causing the financial system to seize up.(他們的“風險價值”模型一開始令銀行家產生一種虛假(和危險)的安全感，但如今正引起金融體系失靈。)

By raising interest rates into the teeth of the storm last month, Frankfurt has made it that much more likely that parts of Europe's credit system will seize up as defaults snowball next year.(通過上個月提高利率入風暴的牙，法蘭克福做了它更多可能歐洲的信用制度的部分將占領和默認雪球明年。)

By selling these, Banks have brokered insurance contracts to the new holders of risk that in good times produce steady streams of income, but could require huge payouts if markets ever seize up.(通過出售這種產品，銀行為那些新的風險持有者促成了保險合約，這在市場狀況好的時候可以產生穩定的收益，但一旦市場失靈，便可能要求巨額的支出。)

But there still appears to be room for values to rise, provided global credit markets do not seize up.(但是這里仍然有價值升高的空間，前提是沒有國際信貸沒有崩潰。)

In 1998, there was the Russian default crisis and then there was some seize up of that maybe resembles what is happening now.(1998年，俄羅斯發生了債務違約危機，然后出現了一些停頓，可能與現在的情況類似。)

Climate change will shift the patterns of circulation in some ways, but there is no strong reason to believe that it will lead them to seize up more often.(在某種程度上，氣候在改變這種循環模式，但沒有強有力的證據來證明這將致使他們抓住了更大的利潤。)

It may seize up and spatter and generally be disagreeable.(糖漿會結塊并且飛濺起來，這通常讓人惱火。)

My joints seize up in the cold weather.(天氣寒冷，我的關節都凍僵了。)

Even cash-rich banks will hoard their money if they fear that the interbank market will seize up and cut them off from sources of future supply.(即使是有很多現金的銀行也是守著那些錢，如果他們擔心銀行間市場會停頓，并切斷今后的向他們提供款項。)

Her shoulders were the first part of her body to seize up.(她身體最先失靈的部位是肩部。)