Step four : remember that , in extremis , bankruptcy can be your friend .

第四步：请记住，在极端的情形下，破产可以帮到你。

But intervention will only be used in extremis .

但干预将只能在紧要关头时使用。

But I do not believe any country should be eager to nationalise its banks , except in extremis .

但我并不认为哪个国家应该急于对银行实施国有化，除非迫不得已。

One western diplomat says the weapons could now be used only " in extremis " .

一名西方的外交官说，现在集束武器只能在“极端情况”下才能使用。

In extremis , he says , banks might have to be broken up by law if they become too big to fail without bringing down the whole financial system .

他说，在极端情况下，如果银行变得“太大而不能倒”，给整个金融体系带来崩溃威胁时，它们可能不得不依法进行分拆。