夏说英语新闻晨读 第95期:蚂蚁金服创融资记录

 本期内容：
Ant Financial, an affiliate¹ of Alibaba, a Chinese internet giant, raised $4.5 billion, largely from state-backed investors—the biggest-ever private-funding round for a tech company. Ant runs Alipay, which handles more than half of China’s online payments, and a range of other financial services. The funding gives the firm a valuation of about $60 billion.

 

词汇讲解：
Affiliate: 附属机构
State-backed：国家支持的
Valuation：估值

1 affiliate   

vt.使隶(附)属于；n.附属机构，分公司

参考例句：

• Our New York company has an affiliate in Los Angeles.我们的纽约公司在洛杉矶有一个下属企业。
• What is the difference between affiliate and regular membership?固定会员和附属会员之间的区别是什么？