1.Fears about the solvency of the banks precipitated the great economic crash.

1.对银行偿付能力慌更加速了经济的崩溃。

2.Insolvent tenants openly defied the collector of the waterrate from their ten-roomed strongholds, and existed for weeks without any visible means of procuring that necessary fluid.

2.无偿付能力的房客，公然反抗收缴他的八居室要塞的水费的办事员，尽管看不他有什么办法种生活所必需的液体，可他已经继续生存好几个礼拜了。