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.

现在中国最火的企业是阿里巴巴，是一个网络私人公司，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.

这项计划已经进行了三年。

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

这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，融资将会是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?

座位的坐垫其实是一个漂浮装置，它还防火，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。

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。

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

优步的目标是市值达到1000亿美元，这将使其成为5年来规模最大的上市公司。

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

是啊 大家都知道美乐蒂。还有她的私人漂浮设备。

'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.

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

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

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

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

“漂浮装置”只是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。