But the world soon became awash in dollars. So, instead of becoming the principal reserve asset of the global system, the proportion of SDRs in global reserves shrank to a tiny fraction, rendering the SDR the monetary equivalent of Esperanto.
然而，随后，美元占据了主导地位。慢慢变成了世界金融系统的主要外汇储备货币。SDR的市场份额逐渐萎缩，两者之间的关系有点类似于国际语和英语之间的关系。