stake-out

基本解释

Find out stake-holders, and push them to reach a consensus at right time.
我认为合理的决策过程是：找到所有决策相关的人，推动大家在合适的时间达成一致。
If a founder wants to sell his stake in a publicly traded buy-out firm, he is currently taxed at a capital-gains rate of 15%.
如果KKR的创始人想卖掉其在这所大型收购公司的股份，那他们将按资本所得以15%的税率纳税。
On a police stake-out, the action will only ever take place when food is being consumed and scalding hot coffees are perched precariously on the dashboard.
警方在车内埋伏监视的时候，一定会在警员吃东西吃到一半的时候，忽然刚好需要开始行动，而且滚烫的咖啡，会刚好危险地放在仪表板上。

If there are large dollars at stake, the incentives to opt-out are higher.
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Twenty-five Ghanaian soldiers stake out a patch of soil belonging to Lebanon, but repeatedly encroached upon by the Israeli army.
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Pfizer recently bought out the Exubera stake of co-developer Sanofi-Aventis, creating a higher-margin opportunity.
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If police officers are on a stakeout, they are secretly watching a building for evidence of criminal activity.