Intervention to collect debts was only a cloak for his deeper designs.

干预收债只是他深层次计划的幌子。

While there's no doubt Tesla was a genius, he was not so genius with collecting his debts.

毫无疑问，特斯拉是个天才，但他在追债方面并不是那么天才。

It was pertinently asked whether the American navy should be used to help creditors collect their debts anywhere in Latin-America.

有人中肯地问，美国海军是否应该被用来帮助债权人在拉丁美洲的任何地方收回债务。

" To collect debt" means to get the money back from someone who doesn't want to pay you back or perhaps is slow in paying you back.

“收债”是指从不想还钱或可能迟迟不还钱的人那里收回钱。