单词drachma
n.: 德拉克马（希腊货币单位，于 2002 年为欧元所取代）
网络: 货币德拉克马；德拉马克；希腊币
德拉克马（希腊货币单位，于 2002 年为欧元所取代）:
the former unit of money in Greece (replaced in 2002 by the euro)
古希腊衡量单位;现代衡量单位
德拉克马〔现代希腊货币单位〕
古希腊银币名
复数：drachmas
In a more pessimistic scenario, the drachma might have fallen in lurches leading to a series of so-called crises.
更为悲观的情形是，德拉克马出现跳跃式贬值，引发一系列所谓的危机。
Nor is there a way for Greece to devalue its currency, as it would have done in the pre-EMU days of the drachma.
希腊也没有办法让自己的货币贬值，就像他们在EMU成立之前会做的那样。
The existence of the euro means that there are no George Soros-type speculators able to organise runs on the lira, peseta or drachma.
欧元的存在让像索罗斯那类的投机商不能组织袭击里拉、比塞塔和德拉马克（译者注：分别为意大利、西班牙和希腊货币）。
The word "dram" translates into English as "money" , and is cognate with the Greek drachma.
单词“dram”用英语翻译是“钱”与古希腊的硬币名称是同词源的。
Only a minority of Greeks want to see the old national currency, the drachma, return.
只有少数希腊人希望看到德拉克马（Drachma，希腊未加入欧元区之前的货币）的回归。
Restoring the drachma at a lower exchange rate would help exports and allow tourism revenues to start flowing again.
恢复本国汇率较低的货币，能促进出口，并让旅游业收入重新流动起来。
And there"s a perpetrator, the Greek government, which knew its finances were too shaky to ditch its currency, the drachma.
当然还有那个罪犯：希腊，这个明知其经济体系过于动荡实际上无法抛弃其原有货币（德拉克马）的国家。
Its revenues would be in devalued drachma; its debts in euro.
它的财政收入会换算至贬值的希腊货币，债务却还是以欧元计的。
Greece in 2009 might well have defaulted, abandoning the euro and adopting the old drachma again at a deeply depreciated rate.
2009年希腊很可能违约，放弃欧元并回归早已深度贬值的德拉马克。
To escape, Greece must now begin an orderly default, voluntarily exit the eurozone and return to the drachma.
要想摆脱困境，希腊必须从现在开始一场有序的违约，主动退出欧元区，并重新采用德拉克马（drachma，原希腊货币）。