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Chinese translation: 以。。下降为代价

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16:23 Oct 21, 2010

English to Chinese translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Accounting

English term or phrase: bought down

Follow-on Q acquisition bought down from 12x EBITDA to 6x cash-flow

请问这句话中的bought down是什么意思。就这一句话，原文中没有其它上下文。谢谢。

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Chinese translation:以。。下降为代价

Explanation:
我觉得这里的buy down不是一个词组，应该分开理解。

buy有“To acquire by sacrifice, exchange, or trade”的意思，即“以。。。换取”，或者“以牺牲。。。为代价”。
再看后面，现金由原先的12x下降为6x

句子大致的意思应该是”收购的进行是以现金的下降作为代价“，或者说收购导致了现金的下降。

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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-10-21 18:55:31 GMT)
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我是想说“现金流”，不知怎么“流”字都没打出来。