In this way they wove a cat'scradle of cross-claims on each other: one bank's liability was another bank's asset.
如此一来,银行间就像翻花绳一样,彼此交叉持股:一家银行的负债是另一家银行的资产。
2
Through its dealings with neighbors, China has been drawn into a cat'scradle of regional and sub regional co-operation.
通过与邻国打交道,中国业已涉足地区以及次区域纷繁复杂的合作事务。
3
BENEATH your correspondent's desk is a cat'scradle of tangled cables linking a pair of computers to numerous peripherals and laptops around the office.