单词flotation
n.: 浮；（公司）首次公开发行股票；漂浮
网络: 浮选；上市；浮除
（公司）首次公开发行股票:
the process of selling shares in a company to the public for the first time in order to raise money
浮；漂浮:
the act of floating on or in water
实行
发行;筹资开办
浮标
浮动性
〔生〕飘浮
浮游
浮集法
漂浮
〔环〕浮选
〔矿〕浮选操作法
复数：flotations
n.launchinitiationdebutinaugurationcommencement
Companies could also use the money from a flotation to expand abroad more rapidly, or to poach talented lawyers from rivals.
律所可将上市吸纳的资金用于加快其对外扩张进程，或是从对手中挖来优秀律师。
The proposed flotation of Glencore, valuing the company at up to $73bn, is a sign of how capital is flooding back into the sector.
嘉能可（Glencore）计划中的上市（该公司在此过程中被估值为至多730亿美元），就显示出资本是如何大量回流至该行业的。
Zephiramine, are adsorbed on the surface of the solid medium, is often used as flotation agent.
阳离子暗地活性剂，极易吸附在介质洋的不流体暗地，常被用作浮选剂。
Yet VMware"s flotation is a good example of how much has changed.
然而vmware公司的股价的浮动是一个很好的例子，从中可以看出情况有了多大变化。
In the masterfully comic "Saturday Teatime, " a woman trying to relax in a flotation tank is hijacked by memories of her past.
在巧妙漫画“星期六下午茶，”一个女人想放松一浮选槽是由她过去的回忆劫持。
It was this kind of navel gazing that led to its own flotation in 1999, after years of often rancorous debate among the partners.
正是这种专注的自我审视，让高盛集团在经历了合伙人之间常常满怀恶意的多年争论之后，于1999年整体上市。
The air- sparged hydrocyclone has been used as a centrifugal flotation device since it was invented in the 1980s.
充气水力旋流器自从问世以来，一直被当作离心浮选设备来研究和使用。
Other possibilities include a cash sale of Chrysler to private equity or industry investors, and a flotation of the money-losing unit.
其它可能的方案包括将克莱斯勒出售给私人股本或产业投资者，以及将这块亏损的业务上市。
Its stockmarket flotation in 1995 marked the beginning of the dotcom boom and made Mr Andreessen a celebrity in the business world.
这家公司于1995年的上市，标志着[color=#ff0000]互联网热潮的开端。这也让安山成为一位商界名流。
They"d assigned me a "swim angel" with a flotation device in case I had trouble, but I left her behind.
他们给我分配了一个“游泳天使”，准备了救生设备以防我遇到麻烦，但我把她甩在了身后。