夏说英语新闻晨读 第104期:辉瑞收购不成就分拆
时间：2019-03-02 作者：英语课 分类：夏说英语新闻晨读
英语课
本期内容：
Boosted by the performance of its new breast-cancer drug Ibrance and children’s vaccine 1 Prevnar, Pfizer reported results well ahead of expectations. Quarterly sales by America’s largest drugmaker were up 20% year-on-year, to $13 billion, with profits of $3 billion. Following an aborted 2 merger 3 with Allergan in April, the firm has said it may split into new- and old-drugs companies.
词汇讲解：
Boost：加速
Breast cancer：乳腺癌
Vaccine：疫苗
Aborted：中止的
Merger：并购
Split：拆分
n.牛痘苗，疫苗；adj.牛痘的，疫苗的
- The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。
- She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。
adj.流产的，失败的v.（使）流产( abort的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）（某事物）中止；（因故障等而）（使）（飞机、宇宙飞船、导弹等）中断飞行；（使）（飞行任务等）中途失败
- The rocket flight had to be aborted because of difficulties with computer. 因电脑出故障，这次火箭飞行只好中辍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They aborted the space flight finally. 他们最后中止了这次宇航飞行。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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