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词汇 white-knight
释义 white knight
noun[ C ]
uk /ˌwaɪt ˈnaɪt/ us /ˌwaɪt ˈnaɪt/
a person or thing that helps someone who is in a difficult situation:
For these property owners, the Institute for Justice is a white knight that's come to fight for them and save their homes.
He became something of a white knight for his party, a symbol of youth and fresh ideas.
business specialized
a person or organization that saves a company from financial difficulties or from an unwanted takeover(= a situation in which a company gets control of another company) by putting money into the company or by buying it: (通过注入资金或收购而使公司摆脱财政危机或免遭接管的)救星,救急者
The board decided to file for bankruptcy and seek a white knight.
A white knight has galloped to the aid of the company and will acquire it for more than $11 billion.
Republicans have seen him as a white knight who will rescue the party from having to choose among candidates unacceptable to conservatives.
The 13-episode series was shot a year ago and has sat on a shelf since then waiting for a white knight to rescue it.
The alliance of independent luxury hotels is seeking private investors who are ready to step in as white knights if big chains try to gobble up its vulnerable members.
The company found a white knight when Brown Electronics snapped it up for $180 million last month.
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white knight | Business English


white knight
noun[ C ]
 FINANCEukus
a person or company that buys shares in a company to stop someone else taking control of it in a takeover:
A Saudi billionaire is a potential white knight for the troubled hotel chain.
a white knight bid/bidderThe Italian group has made little secret of its desire to attract a white knight bidder.
Compare
black knight
grey knight

Examples of white knight


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Any company which is the subject of a bid from a less efficient company can counter-bid or look to a whiteknight to do so.
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It could do its corporate image a great deal of good if it were to ride in like a whiteknight and save the site.
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I begin by congratulating the whiteknight who introduced it with an elegant speech and who spoke passionately for us all.
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He sees himself as some kind of whiteknight.
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I would be very grateful if some whiteknight would appear on the horizon and donate £8,000 to my political association with no strings attached.
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The alleged "whiteknight" who took over the company and then asset-stripped it left the pension fund £5 million short.
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The legislation gives small radio stations no chance to seek and accept a whiteknight—an acceptable controller—as opposed to one of those in the radio field.
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He will be the consumers' whiteknight.
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Note that only the squares c4 and e5 will do for the whiteknight; if, for example 4.
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Similarly, if the whiteknight takes a more direct route to the b3 square with 8.
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However, the company may be allowed to maintain it for long enough to run an auction to see if a whiteknight can be found.
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Shortly after, the whiteknight emerges on his valiant black war horse unscathed, unharmed, and victorious.
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There has been much talk of white knights galloping to the rescue.
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Farmers know that there are no "white knights" on the horizon to bail them out of their difficulties.
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The first type, the whiteknight, refers to the friendly acquirer of a target firm in a hostile takeover attempt by another firm.
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