夏说英语新闻晨读 第159期:宝钢武钢合并

 本期内容：

Two Chinese state-owned companies are joining forces to create a giant steelmaker, second only in size to Luxembourg’s Arcelor Mittal. Under the terms of the deal, which is part of a government push to take capacity¹ out of the fragmented² steel industry, Baosteel will absorb the smaller, heavily indebted Wuhan.

词汇讲解：

State-owned: 国有
Steelmaker: 钢铁制造商
Terms: 条款
Capacity：产能
Fragmented：分散的
Indebted：负债的

1 capacity   

n.能力，力量，接受力；容量，能量，容积

参考例句：

• She is employed by the president in an advisory capacity.她被总裁聘为顾问。
• This carriage has a seating capacity of 120 people.这节车厢定员120人。

2 fragmented   

adj.成碎片的，片断的

参考例句：

• The vase was fragmented in shipment. 花瓶在运送途中被打碎了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• The epithelium of the smaller bronchi was fragmented and partially desquamated. 较小支气管的上皮破裂和部分脱落。 来自辞典例句