Eurozone finance ministers rejected a last-minute appeal by Alexis Tsipras, the Greek prime minister, to extend his country’s bailout just hours bore it expired, denying Athens a lifeline as its financial system teeters on the brink of collapse.

　　在距离希腊纾困协议失效只有几小时的最后时刻，欧元区各国财长拒绝了希腊总理亚历克西斯?齐普拉斯(Alexis Tsipras)有关延长纾困协议的呼吁，这让希腊在该国金融体系濒临崩溃之际失去了最后的救命稻草。

　　In a hurriedly-organised conference call, the ministers also reacted coolly to an unexpected request from Mr Tsipras for a third bailout. The ￠29.1bn request, sent to the eurozone’s ￠500bn rescue fund on Tuesday, was the latest twist in Greece’s acrimonious stand-off with its international creditors and took many in Brussels by surprise.

　　在一场仓促组织的电话会议中，欧元区各国财长也对齐普拉斯意外提出的第三轮纾困请求反应冷淡。周二，在发给欧元区5000亿欧元救助基金的信函中，齐普拉斯提出了291亿欧元的请求，这是希腊与国际债权人尖锐对峙的最新转折，让布鲁塞尔许多人感到意外。

　　Some European officials dismissed the appeal out of hand while others speculated it was an attempt by Mr Tsipras to strengthen his hand domestically ahead ofSunday’s rerendum on a previous bailout offer.

　　一些欧洲官员不假思索地拒绝了这种呼吁，而其他人则猜测，齐普拉斯此举只是为了在本周日就先前纾困方案举行全民公投之前加强在国内的影响力。

　　Alex Stubb, the Finnish finance minister, wrote on Twitter that the request for a new rescue would be dealt with “through normal procedures”, a singal it would not be handled with urgency. German politicians said Angela Merkel, the chancellor, would wait until after the rerendum bore beginning consultations with Athens.

　　芬兰财长亚历克斯?斯图布(Alex Stubb)在Twitter上表示，将通过“正常程序”处理新的纾困请求，这意味着该请求不会得到紧急处理。德国政客表示，总理安格拉?默克尔(Angela Merkel)将等到公投之后才会开始与希腊磋商。

　　The final rejection of a bailout extension was delivered against the backdrop of an escalating financial crisis in Athens two days after the government imposed capital controls and shut local banks. By Tuesday afternoon, some ATMs had run out of cash, while elderly people were struggling to collect their pensions. Greece was also expected to miss a ￠1.5bn payment to the International Monetary Fund due by midnight on Tuesday.

　　欧元区各国财长最终拒绝延长纾困之际，在希腊政府出台资本管制和关闭国内银行两天后，雅典的金融危机日益恶化。到周二下午，一些ATM已经取不出现金，同时老年人很难拿到自己的养老金。预计希腊将不向国际货币基金组织(IMF)偿还周二午夜到期的15亿欧元。

　　Meanwhile, the country’s tottering lenders were bracing themselves for a potentially pivotal meeting of the European Central Bank on Wednesday, just after Athens’ current bailout expires. There are fears in Greece that the ECB’s governing council in Frankfurt could raise the amount of collateral required for the emergency loans currently sustaining Greek banks — a move that could topple at least one of the country’s financial institutions.

　　与此同时，希腊濒临破产的银行准备迎接欧洲央行(ECB)周三召开的可能极为关键的会议——这场会议在希腊当前纾困协议刚刚失效后举行。希腊有人担心，欧洲央行在法兰克福的管理委员会可能提高当前为维持希腊银行运营而发放的紧急贷款的担保要求，此举可能导致该国金融机构至少有一家倒闭。

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