“经济学人”An M＆A revival

An M&A revival

Corporatenuptialsare back on

The yeargot off to ascorchingstartwith the announcement of two mega-deals in less than a week

AFTER A pandemiclull, $900bn-worth of deals were announced in late 2020. This yeargot off to a hot start, withmgm Resorts' $11bn bid for Entain, a Britishbetting-shopoperator, and a potential $18bntie-upofGojekandTokopedia, two Indonesian tech darlings.

在经历了疫情的沉寂之后，2020年末总价值9000亿美元的交易达成了。今年的开局非常火爆，美高梅集团以110亿美元竞购英国博彩商Entain，以及印尼两大科技巨头Gojek和Tokopedia可能达成180亿美元的合作。

相关背景：美高梅集团（MGM Resorts）近日为了寻求收购英国博彩公司Entain PLC，加码到了111亿美元价格；印尼打车支付应用Gojek与电商巨头Tokopedia拟合并，成立新公司上市。

M&A

Mergers and acquisitions的缩写，即企业并购，包括兼并和收购两层含义、两种方式。

nuptials /ˈnʌpʃlz/

复数，表示“婚礼”，英文解释为“a person's marriage and marriage celebrations”举个：

Sadly we weren't able to attend thenuptials.

很遗憾，我们没能去参加婚礼。

scorching /ˈskɔːtʃɪŋ/

可替换hot，表示“灼热的（地）；极热的（地）”，英文解释为“very hot”，如：a scorching summer day 炎热的夏日。

lull /lʌl/

表示“平静时期；间歇”，英文解释为“a short period of calm in which little happens”举个：

There has been alullin the fighting.

战斗中出现了一段间歇。

betting shop

表示“彩票经营点”，英文解释为“a place where people go to risk money on horse races or other sports events”。

tie-up

表示“联系；联合，合作”，英文解释为“a connection or agreement that joins two things or organizations”举个：

Cambridge University Press arrangeda tie-up withthe German publisher Klett.

剑桥大学出版社筹划了与德国克勒特出版社的一次合作。

This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline "An M&A revival"(Jan 9th2021)