If the downgrade shatters his credibility with voters , that is an unforced political error .
如果评级下调导致他在选民中威信扫地，那么这种政治失误并非被迫使然。
Then something - a pebble , a raindrop - breaks the surface and shatters the mirror .
接着，一些事情，一个鹅卵石，一滴雨滴，打破了湖面。
Growing american resentment at china 's mercantilist currency policy could degenerate into a trade war that stifles trade flows and shatters business confidence .
美国人对中国“重商主义”货币政策日益不满，最终可能酿成一场贸易战争，阻碍贸易往来，打击商业信心。
This blow , alone , would bring any economy to its knees , and shatters the silly contention that the great depression was a consequence of economic freedom .
