Plastic can float on water.
塑料能浮在水面。
Since Tom lost his job, he's just floated around/about doing nothing.
自从汤姆失业后，他就四处游荡，无所事事。
Eric floated the idea of threesome.
埃里克提出了三人行的建议。
The firm said it picked Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley as joint bookrunners for its proposed float.
该公司表示，已选择高盛、美国银行、摩根大通和摩根士丹利作为其拟议上市的联合账簿管理人。
According to Huang, the floating production storage and offloading, or FPSO, used in the project, is one of the world's largest such FPSO facilities.
据黄介绍，该项目中使用的浮式生产储油和卸载（FPSO）是世界上最大的此类FPSO设施之一。
The main construction of Asia's first cylindrical floating production, storage and offloading facility, designed and built by China, was finished on Wednesday in Qingdao, Shandong province, said its operator China National Offshore Oil Corp. With a maximum oil storage capacity of 60,000 metric tons and a designed durability of 30 years, the offshore oil and gas processing plant Haiyang Shiyou 122 is capable of processing 5,600 tons of crude per day, said the company.
其运营商中国海洋石油总公司表示，由中国设计建造的亚洲首个圆柱形浮式生产、储存和卸载设施于周三在山东省青岛市完成主体建设。该设施的最大储油量为6万公吨，设计寿命为30年，该公司表示，海洋石油和天然气加工厂海洋石油122每天可处理5600吨原油。
US beverages firm banks on innovative strategies to enhance core categoriesLarge bottles of Coke, Sprite and Minute Maid are adorned with a floating paper dragon in vibrant red and gold hues at the Coca-Cola China headquarters in Shanghai.
美国饮料公司寄希望于创新战略，以增强核心类别。在位于上海的可口可乐中国总部，大瓶可乐、雪碧和美能达都装饰着一条鲜艳的红色和金色的漂浮纸龙。
The project has 41 sub-sea wellheads and one floating production, storage and offloading vessel, CNOOC said.
中海油表示，该项目有41个海底井口和一艘浮式生产、储存和卸载船。
Asia's first cylindrical floating production, storage and offloading facility, designed and built by China, finished hull construction on Thursday, a breakthrough in the nation's deepwater, ultra-large offshore oil and gas equipment development, said industry experts.
行业专家表示，由中国设计和建造的亚洲首个圆柱形浮式生产、储存和卸载设施于周四完成了船体建造，这是中国深水、超大型海上油气设备开发的一个突破。
Petronas aims to achieve annual LNG production capacity of 55 million tons by 2030, he said, even as it intensifies efforts to construct floating LNG facilities, primarily focusing on the development and liquefaction of marginal and stranded gas fields.
他说，马来西亚国家石油公司的目标是到2030年实现5500万吨的液化天然气年产能，尽管该公司加大了建造浮式液化天然气设施的力度，主要专注于边际气田和滞留气田的开发和液化。
The first smart floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility finished construction and was delivered in Nantong, Jiangsu province on Friday, said its operator CNOOC Energy Technology & Services Ltd, a subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corp. Haiyangshiyou 123, the offshore oil and gas processing plant with a storage capacity of 100,000 tons, is the first FPSO in the country that applies digital technology such as cloud computing, big data, internet of things, artificial intelligence and edge computing, said the company.
中国海洋石油集团公司海洋石油石油123的子公司中海油能源技术服务有限公司（CNOOC Energy Technology&Services Ltd）表示，首个智能浮式生产、储存和卸载（浮式生产储油船）设施于周五在江苏南通建成并交付，该公司表示，该公司是国内第一家应用云计算、大数据、物联网、人工智能和边缘计算等数字技术的FPSO。
China National Offshore Oil Corp said over the weekend its CNOOC Guanlan, China's first deep-sea floating wind power platform, successfully connected to the power grid in Wenchang oil field in Hainan province.
中国海洋石油总公司周末表示，中国首个深海浮式风电平台中海油观澜已成功接入海南省文昌油田的电网。
According to Tang Xinguo, director of the Wenchang 13-2 oil field at CNOOC's Zhanjiang branch, CNOOC Guanlan is China's first floating wind power platform that is located more than 100 kilometers from the coastline and in water depths exceeding 100 meters.
据中海油湛江分公司文昌13-2油田主任唐新国介绍，中海油观澜是中国第一个距离海岸线100多公里、水深超过100米的浮式风电平台。
Yang Yun, executive vice-president of CNOOC, said that with the installation of CNOOC Guanlan, the company hopes to help promote the development of China's floating wind power in deep-sea areas, especially in terms of core technology, large-scale offshore installation equipment and resource management along the industrial chain.
中海油执行副总裁杨云表示，随着中海油观澜的安装，该公司希望帮助推动中国浮式风电在深海地区的发展，特别是在核心技术、大型海上安装设备和产业链资源管理方面。
China's first deep-sea floating wind power platform "CNOOC Guanlan" successfully connected to the grid in Wenchang oil field in Hainan province, marking a new milestonein providing green power for use in the offshore oil production, said its operator China National Offshore Oil Corp on Saturday.
中国海洋石油总公司周六表示，中国首个深海浮式风电平台“中海油观澜”在海南文昌油田成功并网，标志着为海洋石油生产提供绿色电力迈出了新的一步。
It is capable of accommodating two of the world's largest FSRUs — floating storage and regasification units — or LNG transport ships for berthing and operation at the same time, COOEC said.
COOEC表示，它能够容纳两艘世界上最大的浮式储油和再气化装置或液化天然气运输船同时停泊和运营。
As the core project of the Hong Kong LNG project, the LNG receiving terminal is the world's first offshore all-steel structure double-berth receiving terminal, capable of accommodating two of the world's largest FSRUs (floating storage and regasification units) or LNG transport ships for berthing and operation at the same time, said Liu Zhigang, COOEC Hong Kong Offshore LNG Terminal EPC project deputy director.
刘志刚说，作为香港液化天然气项目的核心项目，液化天然气接收站是世界上第一个海上全钢结构双对接接收站，能够同时容纳两艘世界上最大的FSRU（浮式储存和再气化装置）或液化天然气运输船停泊和运营，COOEC香港海上液化天然气接收站EPC项目副主任。
Upon completion, the melting load for sheets of float glass at the facility will reach 1,200 metric tons per day.
建成后，该设施的浮法玻璃板熔化负荷将达到每天1200公吨。
The project in Indonesia marks a new milestone for China's float glass technology and complete equipment exports to other countries.
印尼的项目标志着中国浮法玻璃技术和成套设备出口到其他国家的新里程碑。
"With this plant, the manufacturing level of the country's float glass industry will be significantly improved and the continuous provision of high-quality float glass to the local market will be guaranteed," he said.
他说：“有了这家工厂，我国浮法玻璃行业的制造水平将显著提高，并将保证向当地市场持续提供高质量的浮法玻璃。”。
CTIEC's collaboration with Indonesia dates back two decades — in 1993, the Chinese company signed a contract with Tensindo, an Indonesian infrastructure construction enterprise, to construct a float glass plant with a production of 300 tons per day, making Indonesia one of the first overseas markets to receive Chinese float glass technology and equipment.
CTIEC与印尼的合作可以追溯到20年前——1993年，这家中国公司与印尼基础设施建设企业Tensindo签署了一份合同，建造了一座日产300吨的浮法玻璃厂，使印尼成为首批接收中国浮法玻璃技术和设备的海外市场之一。
The two sides upgraded collaboration in 2004 with a contract to build another float glass production line with a production of 900 tons per day.
2004年，双方升级了合作，签订了另一条日产900吨浮法玻璃生产线的合同。
It became the first super-large-scale float glass production line for complete export from China.
成为中国第一条完全出口的超大型浮法玻璃生产线。
The company delivered the 118-meter tall floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility called the Penguin, an offshore oil and gas processing plant, in December, which is the heaviest cylinder-shaped FPSO unit built in China to date, with a storage capacity of 400,000 barrels.
该公司于12月交付了118米高的浮式生产、储存和卸载（FPSO）设施，名为企鹅号，这是一家海上石油和天然气处理厂，是迄今为止中国建造的最重的圆筒形FPSO装置，储存能力为40万桶。
Aviation giant mulls A-share float for aircraft making subsidiary in ChengduAVIC Zhonghang Electronic Measuring Instruments Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Aviation Industry Corp of China Ltd, announced on Wednesday evening that it plans to purchase 100 percent of the equity of AVIC Chengdu Aircraft Industrial (Group) Co Ltd by issuing shares to AVIC.
中国航空工业集团有限公司旗下航空工业中航电子测量仪器有限公司周三晚间宣布，计划通过向中航工业发行股份的方式收购中航工业成都飞机工业（集团）有限公司100%的股权。
The Ghanaian government is determined to position the port as a major economic growth pole, said Akufo-Addo at a sod-cutting ceremony for the commencement of construction of an oil and gas services terminal as well as a floating dry dock and ship maintenance facility contracted by the China Harbor Engineering Company at the southwestern port city Takoradi.
阿库福-阿多在西南港口城市塔科拉迪举行的石油和天然气服务码头以及中国港湾工程公司承包的浮式干船坞和船舶维修设施开工仪式上表示，加纳政府决心将港口定位为主要的经济增长极。
"The floating dry dock and ship maintenance facility is meant to carry out maintenance work on vessels.
“浮动干船坞和船舶维护设施旨在对船舶进行维护工作。
According to the CHEC, the oil and gas services terminal and the floating dry dock and ship maintenance facility will be completed in 22 months and 18 months respectively, and around 500 local jobs will be created.
据CHEC称，石油和天然气服务码头、浮式干船坞和船舶维护设施将分别在22个月和18个月内完工，并将为当地创造约500个就业机会。
The oil tanker British Sponsor left Mozambican territorial waters on Sunday, carrying the first cargo of LNG produced by the Coral South Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) project in the north of the country, it said.
该公司表示，英国赞助商号油轮于周日离开莫桑比克领海，装载了该国北部Coral South浮式液化天然气项目生产的第一批液化天然气。
Integrating the world's most cutting-edge deep-sea LNG technology, Coral South FLNG contains a floating production platform installed 80 kilometers offshore of Mozambique in the southern part of Area 4 of the Rovuma Basin.
Coral South FLNG集成了世界上最尖端的深海液化天然气技术，包含一个浮式生产平台，安装在Rovuma盆地4区南部莫桑比克近海80公里处。
Recent attempts by the Chinese franchisee of Domino's Pizza Inc to seek a Hong Kong float have demonstrated enhanced efforts by the operator to tap the flourishing and competitive pizza market in China, experts said.
专家表示，达美乐披萨公司（Domino’s Pizza Inc）的中国特许经营商最近试图在香港上市，这表明该公司加大了开拓中国蓬勃发展、竞争激烈的披萨市场的力度。
Under its plan, CNOOC will focus next on developing key technical facilities such as ultra-deep-water oil and gas production systems, and cylindrical floating production storage and offloading devices.
根据计划，中海油下一步将重点开发关键技术设施，如超深水油气生产系统和圆柱形浮式生产储存和卸载装置。
Energy China has seen its presence expanding on the global stage in the past few years with its high-quality projects, including the Nestor Kirchner-Jorge Cepernic hydropower plant in Argentina, the Tengger Reservoir 60-megawatt floating solar project in Singapore, the Sao Lourenco water supply project in Brazil and the Umm Al Quwain independent water project in the United Arab Emirates.
过去几年，中国能源凭借其高质量的项目在全球舞台上的影响力不断扩大，包括阿根廷的Nestor Kirchner Jorge Cepernic水电站、新加坡的腾格里水库60兆瓦浮动太阳能项目、巴西的Sao Lourenco供水项目和阿拉伯联合酋长国的Umm Al Quwain独立供水项目。
By meeting the latest international standards for emissions, the second cruise vessel will be a greener floating city and hopefully provide a better experience for passengers with a high level of safety and comfort, he said.
他说，通过达到最新的国际排放标准，第二艘游轮将成为一个更环保的漂浮城市，并有望为乘客提供更好的体验，带来高度的安全和舒适。
Market insiders said the deal is expected to become the largest float in Hong Kong this year.
市场人士表示，这笔交易有望成为今年香港最大的股票发行量。
The UK, a global leader in offshore wind power, with a large installed capacity and mature, competitive market mechanisms for further growth, has set an ambitious target of producing 40 gigawatts of offshore wind, including 1 GW of innovative floating offshore wind power by 2030.
英国是全球海上风电的领导者，拥有庞大的装机容量和成熟、有竞争力的市场机制，可实现进一步增长。英国制定了一个雄心勃勃的目标，即到2030年生产40吉瓦的海上风电，其中包括1吉瓦的创新浮式海上风电。
"We will engage with local partners to develop floating wind solutions in Europe's deep-sea regions," Zhang said.
张说：“我们将与当地合作伙伴合作，在欧洲深海地区开发浮动风电解决方案。”。
The giant floating Donald Duck in his signature sailor outfit will greet guests at the Wishing Star Lake.
身着标志性水手服的巨型漂浮唐老鸭将在许愿星湖迎接客人。
Wu's remarks sought to quiet rumors floating in cyberspace that international courier players have suspended postal and parcel delivery services in China due to COVID concerns.
吴的讲话试图平息网络上流传的谣言，即国际快递公司因担心新冠肺炎而暂停了在中国的邮政和包裹递送服务。
Asia's first cylinder-shaped floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit which was independently designed and fabricated in China – began construction on Wednesday in Qingdao, Shandong province, said its operator China National Offshore Oil Corporation.
其运营商中国海洋石油总公司表示，亚洲首个在中国独立设计和制造的圆筒形浮式生产储油卸油装置于周三在山东省青岛市开始施工。
With a daily crude oil processing capacity of almost 6,000 cubic meters, the floating production storage and offloading unit has a maximum crude storage capacity of 60,000 cubic meters, said Liu Huaxiang, general manager of deepwater engineering construction department, CNOOC Limited-Shenzhen.
中海油深圳有限公司深水工程建设部总经理刘华祥表示，浮式生产储油卸油装置的原油日处理能力接近6000立方米，最大原油储存能力为60000立方米。
A floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit is a floating vessel used by the offshore oil and gas industry to process hydrocarbons and for storage of oil or natural gas.
浮式生产、储存和卸载（FPSO）装置是海上石油和天然气行业用于处理碳氢化合物和储存石油或天然气的浮船。
It has already prepared for a float at the technology-focused ChiNext at the Shenzhen bourse.
该公司已经为专注于科技的创业板在深圳交易所上市做了准备。
The Liza Phase II oilfield, located in the Stabroek block off Guyana coast, includes one floating production storage and offloading unit and 30 subsea wellheads.
Liza二期油田位于圭亚那海岸外的Stabroek区块，包括一个浮式生产储存和卸载装置和30个海底井口。
By 2027, at least six floating production storage and offloading units are expected to produce more than 1 million barrels of oil per day from the block, CNOOC said.
中海油表示，到2027年，预计至少有六个浮式生产储存和卸载装置每天将从该区块生产超过100万桶石油。
"The Liza Phase II oilfield's floating production storage and offloading unit is the second production facility in the block after the one serving Liza Phase I.
“Liza二期油田的浮式生产储存和卸载装置是该区块中仅次于Liza一期油田的第二个生产设施。
Song said Energy China Group has built a sound reputation on the global stage in the past few years with its high-quality projects, including the NK/JC hydropower plant in Argentina, the Tengger Reservoir 60 MW floating PV project in Singapore, the Sao Lourenco water supply project in Brazil, and the Umm Al Quwain independent water project in the United Arab Emirates.
The size of the float has not been determined.
The Shanghai-based company lodged its prospectus to the bourse, but the size of the float has not been determined.
Established in 2004, WOM has grown a product portfolio that includes floating LNG facilities, module fabrication and commissioning, offshore platforms, high-specification vessels and cranes.
The IPO netted 54.1 billion yuan ($8.3 billion), which made it the biggest float in the A-share market in a decade.
"Seeking a public float can serve the latter purpose by altering the share structure with concentrated holdings by a single or few big shareholders, absorbing capital from multiple sources and optimizing the governance scheme," he said.
But others have yet to fully rejuvenate themselves through a public float.
This floating storage facility sailed offshore from East China's Shandong province in January and arrived at its destination in early February.
The company said in a news release it hopes to use net proceeds from the Hong Kong float to fund the expansion of one-stop travel offerings, improve user experience, invest in technology to bolster its market-leading position in products and services, and improve operational efficiency.
Sales volume of its canned Douzhir, or fermented mung bean milk, has increased by 100 times a few months after its floating, as per the Beijing Evening News.
The magic translate, for instance, allows users to simply press a floating bubble on the sentence to see the translation after copying the text while browsing, messaging or using any other apps.
Kuaishou sold 21.9 million shares in all, which meant the float was oversubscribed 1,204 times.
Ant Group, which filed in late August to float on the Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR Market, is poised to raise $34.4 billion in a record IPO, surpassing Saudi Aramco's $29.4 billion listing last year.
Fintech giant's concurrent stock listing plan draws attention from far and wideInvestors from home and abroad are flocking to buy shares of Ant Group Co Ltd, the fintech company that is poised to secure the biggest stock floating of all time through a concurrent listing in Shanghai and Hong Kong.
In early July, e-commerce platform JD's fintech arm, Jingdong Digits Technology Holding Co Ltd, filed to float on the STAR Market of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, planning to raise about 20 billion yuan.
Ant Group, a Chinese financial technology company which manages the mobile payment service Alipay, seeks to pass the HKEX hearing for its IPO as soon as next Tuesday, and is expected to float on the Shanghai and Hong Kong bourses by late October, according to Hong Kong Economic Times (HKET).
Investment in technology will be the most important job for Ant Group after the company's floating on the stock market, the fintech giant's CEO Hu Xiaoming said at the Inclusion Fintech Conference in Shanghai on Thursday.
The Shanghai-London Stock Connect enables companies to float shares on both exchanges simultaneously via a depository receipt mechanism, a milestone in China's accelerated financial opening-up.
Sun Wei, deputy general manager of CSSC, said the group will deploy more resources for the development of products like mega-container vessels, liquefied natural gas carriers, floating hospitals, semi-submerged ships and ocean farms, as well as build more dual-fuel ships and gas-fueled vessels.
"Meanwhile, during the process of international glass trading, we had tried to introduce advanced float glass manufacturing technology which creates smoother and better quality glass through cooperation with, or purchasing from, the world's industry leaders.
The company experienced quite a few difficult periods in technology exploration and evolution of float glass, glass coating and processing, photovoltaic module panels, electronic display glass, and other businesses.
One such difficult period led CSG to master the float glass technology in 1990s.
The company raised funds in 1992 for a float glass project.
A glass sheet made by floating molten glass on a bed of molten metal like tin or lead is called float glass, which has uniform thickness and very flat surface, and usually comes in clear and tinted types.
The float glass products produced in the first two years were not able to meet the standard of downstream deep processing.
In 1996, CSG successfully built its first float glass production line, becoming the first company in China to own independent intellectual property rights in float glass manufacturing.
Shares of JD are expected to float in HK from June 18.
News reports had earlier indicated that JD, which has been listed on the Nasdaq for six years, is likely to raise about $3 billion from the secondary float and list the shares on the Hong Kong bourse by June 18.
JD's filing comes on the heels of online gaming firm NetEase's announcement last week that it would seek a secondary listing in Hong Kong, two decades after floating its shares on Nasdaq.
Leading internet technology company NetEase Inc said on Friday that it will seek a secondary listing in Hong Kong, two decades after floating its shares on Nasdaq.
It was the first time when he helped his client launch a cloud roadshow and take part in its bell-ring ceremony in Beijing for floating in US stock market.
SMIC said on Tuesday that it would float 1.69 billion new shares on the Shanghai market, which could end up raising more than $3 billion, according to estimates by Bloomberg.
The registration-based IPO system, which simplifies and shortens the previously lengthy approval process that companies have to go through before they are allowed to float shares on mainland stock markets, was first successfully tried out on Shanghai's new Nasdaq-style sci-tech board.
Apart from constructing conventional ships such as bulk vessels, container ships and oil tankers, both CSSC and CSIC had begun to deploy financial resources and manpower to the development of products like mega-container vessels, LNG carriers, floating hospitals, semi-submerged ships, and ocean farms.
The offer, opening its retail book on Friday and scheduled to close next Wednesday, puts Alibaba on course to become the biggest float of the year worldwide, dwarfing the IPOs of Uber, Lyft and Pinterest combined.
The float comes as the e-commerce giant celebrates its 20th anniversary in September.
Anheuser-Busch InBev NV's $5.8 billion IPO of its Asian unit and $1.6 billion float from ESR Cayman, the largest logistics real estate operator in the Asia-Pacific region and backed by private equity giant Warburg Pincus, helped revive the sentiment in the Asia's third-largest stock exchange by market capitalization.
According to Yixian, Alibaba will float in HK market sometime this month.
Alibaba holds the record for the world's largest initial public offering with its $25 billion float in New York in 2014.
At that time, the company had initially hoped to float in Hong Kong, but the company's dual-class share structure clashed with the city's listing rules.
The IPO will take place on Nov 3, said the report, adding pricing will start on Nov 17 with a final price for the float expected to be announced on Dec 4.
Eager to put its revenue growth on a firmer footing, the company will focus on building very large crude carriers, liquefied natural gas carriers, floating oil and gas production units, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels, as well as making innovation breakthroughs in heavy industry, new material and environmental protection products.
For example, when Avengers: Endgame was playing at the cinemas, one restaurant in the park adopted a Marvel-themed decor and added new dishes to its menu, including an Avengers wagyu beef burger with bun, and a Captain America soda float.
Now, the Beijing-headquartered company is enlarging its focus areas to develop high-end ships like floating hospitals, 20,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit container vessels, ocean farms, as well as dual-fuel ships and gas-powered ships with smart systems and latest wind-power technologies, said He Jiwu, CSIC's vice-president.
One restaurant in the park, the Stargazer Grill, has adopted a Marvel-themed decor and added new dishes to its menu, including an Avengers wagyu beef burger with bun, a Captain America soda float, plus collectible souvenirs like Avengers cups and souvenir straws complete with superhero figurines.
The public float is seen as a significant step in the State-owned enterprise's efforts to promote mixed ownership reforms and optimize its capital structure.
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111 Inc's Nasdaq IPO, Ping An Health Cloud's float in Hong Kong likely to spark a trend111 Inc, China's largest online pharmacy and healthcare service provider that started trading its American Depositary Shares on the Nasdaq stock market in September, is expected to inspire other firms to list overseas or in Hong Kong, market insiders said.
"Floating on Nasdaq is both a milestone and a starting point for 111 Inc, and our mission is much bigger than public listing on the stock market," said Yu Gang, co-founder and executive chairman of 111 Inc. Yu told media that the high standards and transparency of Nasdaq would push the company toward greatness.
Home appliances maker targets $900m valuation from public float of 400m sharesQingdao Haier Co Ltd announced on Friday it is moving ahead with plans to list on the China Europe International Exchange's D-Shares Market in Frankfurt, making Haier, which is one of the world's largest home appliances makers, the first Chinese company with such a plan.
The main purpose of floating on the NYSE is to improve the impacts of company image and attract more talents, said Michael Wang, chief executive officer with CooTek.
"Floating on Nasdaq is both a milestone and a starting point for 111 Inc and our mission is much bigger than public listing on the stock market," said Yu Gang, co-founder and executive chairman of 111 Inc. Yu told Xinhua that the high standards and transparency with Nasdaq would guide the way forward to make the company a great one.
With trading scheduled for Aug 8, it could become the biggest float globally in nearly four years since Alibaba's $25 billion New York listing.
It could become the biggest float globally in the nearly four years since Alibaba's $25 billion New York listing.
The plan, if it goes ahead, will make China Tower's float the world's largest since Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's $25 billion listing in 2014.
"China Tower is planning to raise between $8 billion and $10 billion from the float in Hong Kong, which is due to take place on July 26, according to people familiar with the matter.
Though the company did not reveal the exact size of its planned float, Bloomberg reports indicated that it would raise over $6 billion and target a valuation of roughly $60 billion, a price tag that rivals Xiaomi's goal of as much as $6.1 billion in what would be the world's largest IPO in two years.