万花筒 2013-09-15&09-18 推特宣布提交IPO申请

 Twitter used the best way it knows how to give investors² what they've been pinning for 

Twitter announced on Twitter that it's filed for an IPO. The filing is under wraps due to a provision in the U.S. Jobs Act that allows companies with under a billion dollars in annual revenues to do so confidentially³. 

In just 7 years time the micro-blog has been the go-to form of communication in the tech age. Billionaire investor¹ Carl Icahn uses it to dispense⁴ investment tips, stars like Kim Kardashian keeps her hungry fans informed via her tweets, and even President Obama sends out a Tweet every now and then, signed "BO", to his more than 36 million followers⁵, according to Twitter Counter. 

Wall Street has been hungry for this as it lays aside the bruising⁶ it took from the Facebook IPO. As of late, analysts⁷ have been tripping over themselves to raise their price target on that social network, sending its shares to post-IPO highs.

Now it looks like the social network love affair is back on. Twitter is worth more than $10 billion, according to estimates by private investors; on track to rake in more than half-a-billion dollars in revenues by the end of the year, according to eMarketer. 

Goldmam Sachs takes home the big prize, sources say - beating out the rest of Wall Street to bring this highly-anticipated IPO to market.

1 investor   

n.投资者，投资人

参考例句：

• My nephew is a cautious investor.我侄子是个小心谨慎的投资者。
• The investor believes that his investment will pay off handsomely soon.这个投资者相信他的投资不久会有相当大的收益。

2 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

3 confidentially   

ad.秘密地，悄悄地

参考例句：

• She was leaning confidentially across the table. 她神神秘秘地从桌子上靠过来。
• Kao Sung-nien and Wang Ch'u-hou talked confidentially in low tones. 高松年汪处厚两人低声密谈。

4 dispense   

vt.分配，分发；配(药)，发(药)；实施

参考例句：

• Let us dispense the food.咱们来分发这食物。
• The charity has been given a large sum of money to dispense as it sees fit.这个慈善机构获得一大笔钱，可自行适当分配。

5 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。

6 bruising   

adj.殊死的；十分激烈的v.擦伤(bruise的现在分词形式)

参考例句：

• He suffered cracked ribs and bruising. 他断了肋骨还有挫伤。
• He slipped and fell, badly bruising an elbow. 他滑倒了，一只胳膊肘严重擦伤。 来自辞典例句

7 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。