美团与大众点评合并

 　　China's two online-to-offline service providers Meituan.com and Dianping.com have merged².

　　The 15-billion-U.S. dollar new company will run on a co-CEO basis and keep the original structure of their respective human resources departments.

　　Meituan and Dianping will also continue to run their businesses in parallel, retain their brands, as well as remain independent.

　　Meituan.com is a group-buying site backed by Alibaba Group.

　　美团与大众点评合并 将称霸O2O?

　　Consumer review service Dianping.com is funded by Tencent Holdings.

　　The merger³ is expected to compete with Baidu.

　　For more on this, CRI's Spencer Musick spoke⁴ with  Doug Young, Associate professor at Fudan University and former China company news chief with Reuters.

　　Questions:

　　1.Why did Meituan and Dianping merge¹ into a new provider of online services?

　　2.Analysts⁵ say the merge between Meituan and Dianping would allow them to have absolute dominance of the group-buying market in China. Do you agree with this point and believe the move will benefit both companies?

　　3.What is the significance to the Chinese online to offline market?

1 merge   

v.(使)结合，(使)合并，(使)合为一体

参考例句：

• I can merge my two small businesses into a large one.我可以将我的两家小商店合并为一家大商行。
• The directors have decided to merge the two small firms together.董事们已决定把这两家小商号归并起来。

2 merged   

（使）混合( merge的过去式和过去分词 )； 相融； 融入； 渐渐消失在某物中

参考例句：

• Turf wars are inevitable when two departments are merged. 两个部门合并时总免不了争争权限。
• The small shops were merged into a large market. 那些小商店合并成为一个大商场。

3 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。

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

5 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。