But the main reason for action this week was to forestall financial-market panic.

而本周之所以这么做的主要原因是防止金融市场恐慌。

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In fact, Gorbachev has already given an unmistakable signal that he is determined not to "ease" the transition to a market economy but to delay -- if not forestall -- it.

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