初步公开招股说明书的中文解释

在美国是指新发行证券的初步募股说明书，主要用于掌握市场对该种证券的兴趣，说明书的内容并不包括发行价格、利润和股息预测等关键数字。在美国，法律要求在说明书的正面必须印上红色的通知，"红鲱鱼"（red herring）一词因此而来。

Red Herring的英文解释

US term for the preliminary prospectus for a new issue, which may be used to obtain an indication of the market's interest in that security. Key figures are left blank, such as issue price, profit and dividend forecast. Business is not conducted on the basis of a preliminary statement and in the US the law demands a red notice be printed to that effect on the face of the document, giving rise to the phrase 'red herring'.

• obtain [əb´tein]   v.获得；买到；得到承认   (初中英语单词)
• indication [,indi´keiʃən]   n.指示；征兆，迹象   (初中英语单词)
• security [si´kjuəriti]   n.安全；证券；抵押品   (初中英语单词)
• phrase [freiz]   n.短语；词组；措词   (初中英语单词)
• preliminary [pri´liminəri]   a.初步的 n.预赛   (高中英语单词)
• document [´dɔkjumənt]   n.公文；文件；证件   (高中英语单词)
• dividend [´dividənd, -dend]   n.被除数；股息   (英语四级单词)
• forecast [´fɔ:kɑ:st]   vt.&n.预测；预报   (英语六级单词)