But the results had threatened to trigger a downgrade by the credit-rating agencies, which would have required AIG to post billions of dollars more of collateral to back its CDS exposures.

• 但是，这一损失的发生已经引致评级公司降低AIG评级的威胁，如此一来将会要求AIG公司拿出几十亿美金的更多抵押品来支撑其持有的信贷违约掉期风险。