夏说英语新闻晨读 第13期:不让人结婚
时间：2019-02-17 作者：英语课 分类：夏说英语新闻晨读
英语课
本期内容：
The New York Post reported that America’s Federal Trade Commission was planning to block the merger 1 of Staples 2 and Office Depot 3, the country’s only two national office-supplies chains. The deal, worth $6.3 billion, was announced in February; the antitrust regulator’s decision is due by December 8th. The FTC thwarted 4 a previous merger plan of the two in 1997.
词义解析:
Commission: 委员会
Block：阻止
Chains: 连锁店
Antitrust: 反垄断
Thwart：阻止
n.企业合并，并吞
- Acceptance of the offer is the first step to a merger.对这项提议的赞同是合并的第一步。
- Shareholders will be voting on the merger of the companies.股东们将投票表决公司合并问题。
n.（某国的）主要产品( staple的名词复数 )；钉书钉；U 形钉；主要部份v.用钉书钉钉住( staple的第三人称单数 )
- The anvil onto which the staples are pressed was not assemble correctly. 订书机上的铁砧安装错位。 来自辞典例句
- I'm trying to make an analysis of the staples of his talk. 我在试行分析他的谈话的要旨。 来自辞典例句
n.仓库，储藏处；公共汽车站；火车站
- The depot is only a few blocks from here.公共汽车站离这儿只有几个街区。
- They leased the building as a depot.他们租用这栋大楼作仓库。
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