The government is trying to quellfears of a looming oil crisis.
该政府正努力消除日益临近的石油危机而带来的恐惧。
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Investors have had their eyes on the results of the new, stricter stress tests ever since the ones last year failed so miserably to quell market fears about the strength of Europe's Banks.
The Treasury's Troubled Asset Relief Programme (TARP) aims to quell those fears by injecting equity into Banks so that they can reduce their leverage without shrinking their balance-sheets.