夏说英语新闻晨读 第85期:制药行业最大并购案

 本期内容：

Shares in Allergan, a pharmaceutical¹ firm with headquarters in Dublin, fell by 15% in response to suspicion that tax-avoidance legislation would scupper its planned $160 billion merger² with Pfizer, an American drugmaker. The deal would be the biggest-ever “tax inversion”, in which one firm becomes a subsidiary of another in a more tax-friendly country. Barack Obama denounced the “insidious” technique.

词义解析:

Pharmaceutical firm: 制药公司
Scupper：使……泡汤
Tax inversion: 税负倒置
Subsidiary：子机构
Denounce：谴责
Insidious：阴险的

1 pharmaceutical   

adj.药学的，药物的；药用的，药剂师的

参考例句：

• She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory.她捐款成立了一个药剂实验室。
• We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.我们正同一家大制药公司闹法律纠纷。

2 merger   

n.企业合并，并吞

参考例句：

• Acceptance of the offer is the first step to a merger.对这项提议的赞同是合并的第一步。
• Shareholders will be voting on the merger of the companies.股东们将投票表决公司合并问题。