夏说英语新闻晨读 第158期:中国邮政储蓄银行上市

 本期内容：

The Postal¹ Savings² Bank of China priced its IPO, raising $7.4 billion—at the low end of expectations but still the largest public share offering since 2014. The bank, China’s sixth-largest with more than 40,000 branches serving one in three citizens, has relatively³ few bad loans; its historical low return on assets makes it an attractive growth prospect⁴.

词汇讲解：

IPO：initial public offerings，首次公开募股
Relatively：相对的
Asset：资产

1 postal   

adj.邮政的，邮局的

参考例句：

• A postal network now covers the whole country.邮路遍及全国。
• Remember to use postal code.勿忘使用邮政编码。

2 savings   

n.存款，储蓄

参考例句：

• I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
• By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。

3 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

4 prospect   

n.前景，前途；景色，视野

参考例句：

• This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
• The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。