Then they said that Greek problems would not spread to other countries. They duly did.

然后他们又说，希腊的问题不会向其他国家蔓延，它却如期蔓延了；

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Global markets have been in turmoil as the debt crisis threatened to spread to other countries.

因为债务危机的危险扩散到其他的国家，世界市场已经陷入混乱中。

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Field hockey, of ancient origin, was played in England for centuries before it spread to other countries.

曲棍球源于古代，在推广到世界各国之前就在英格兰开展了几个世纪。

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The crisis in Greece has threatened to spread to other countries and has led to protests and violence over spending cuts.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

The worries stem from fears that fiscal problems in Greece could spread to other countries in Europe.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

They are not working in a coordinated fashion, but certainly they have got the message that if they don't do something soon, then the turmoil that we are seeing in Greece could easily spread to other countries and that it will be harder to turn around."

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

These sources of instability will spread to other countries, especially neighboring Pakistan, and they will undermine long-term American interests.

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"I am convinced that the conflict will not spread to other countries in the region, " Reuters quoted Aznar as saying.

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The view from Brussels is that any default would spread to other countries and that it would undermine the credibility of the single currency and so the European project.

BBC: Smoke and mirrors and the euro crisis