Studies show that hospital doctors resist washing their hands, and gimlet-eyed researchers report that only about 15 percent of people in public restrooms wash their hands properly.
Since its failure, lenders have adopted a gimlet-eyed approach to everyone, making it hard for key companies to perform basic transactions, and thereby exacerbating the market panic.
雷曼倒下之后,贷款者对一切都小心谨慎,使得一些关键的公司无法进行基本交易,这加剧了市场恐慌。
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Have you read the whole book? "she asks, gimlet -eyed."