The most eagerly awaited stockmarket flotation in years turned out to be a damp squib.

多年来最备受期待的股票发行结果却让人大跌眼镜。

Now China's hottest corporate property is Alibaba, a private internet firm plotting a huge flotation.

现在中国最的企业阿里巴巴，一个网络私人公司，目前正计划大规模上市。

He died on splashdown when a flotation device failed.

其因漂浮装置失灵在海上降落时死亡。

The flotation has been in the pipeline for three years.

项计划已经进行了三年。

The bubbles act as flotation devices that carry the peanuts upward.

些气泡就像浮力装置一样将花生向上拖动。

A flotation would be a natural next stage in a few years' time.

在未来的几年里，融资将会公司自然而然的一个发展阶段。

Your seat cushion functions as a flotation device, but did you know it's also fireproof?

座位的坐垫其实一个漂浮装置，它，你知道吗？

First, it uses flotation devices – known as buoys – to record sounds the whales make.

首先，它使用浮标装置来记录鲸鱼发出的声音。

For example, he said the flotation process was similar to the one used to separate iron from ore.

例如，他说，浮选过程类似于从矿石中分离铁的过程。

Every time they lowered a lifeline and flotation ring to him, he passed it on to another of the passengers.

每当他俩降下救生索和救生圈给他，他都要让给另外一个乘客。

Gordo's capsule was never found in the Atlantic Ocean. He died on splashdown when a flotation device failed.

" 戈多" 的太空舱从未在大西洋被发现。其因漂浮装置失灵在海上降落时死亡。

The main ballast tanks were filled with the water that hadn't yet congealed at our line of flotation.

通常使用的储水池装满了浮标线周围的自由海水。

Uber is aiming for a $100bn stockmarket valuation, which would make it the biggest flotation in five years.

优步的目标市值达到1000亿美元，将使其成为5年来规模最大的上市公司。

For a tiny wave, you kind of need a board that has more flotation and surface area for planting out.

对于一个微小的波浪，你需要一块有更多漂浮力和表面积的木板。

Yeah, everybody knows Melody... and her flotation devices.

啊 大家都知道美乐蒂。有她的私人漂浮设备。

That business, now known as Ant Financial Services Group, is valued at 60 billion and is heading for a public flotation.

项业务如今以蚂蚁金融服务团为人所知，该团市值为600亿美元并且正积极筹备公开上市。

'cause I like to spend Mondays in a flotation tank.

因为我周一喜欢在漂浮缸里待着。

To isolate it from vibrations, the 1,200-ton telescope will rest on an oil flotation bearing system, completely free of any friction.

架重达1200吨的望远镜将安置在全油浮选支撑的系统上以止震动，完全免除任何摩擦。

A " flotation device" is just a fancy way of saying something that will not sink.

“漂浮装置”只一种不会下沉的奇特说法。

So, if you can't swim, you have a " flotation device" that keeps you, or your head above water.

所以，如果你不会游泳， 你有一个“漂浮装置”可以让你或你的头浮出水面。