中国短视频初创公司快手打算最快明年一月在香港上市，计划筹资50亿美元。请看本报昨日的报道：

Chinese online short video startup Kuaishou aims to raise up to US$5 billion in a Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) as early as January, people with direct knowledge of the matter said, gearing up for the city’s latest multibillion-dollar tech float.

The nine-year-old company, backed by social media and gaming leader Tencent Holdings Ltd., is targeting a valuation of more than US$50 billion, the sources said.

Kuaishou operates its eponymous app in China and overseas equivalents Kwai and Zynn. Its plans come as rival ByteDance, operator of Douyin at home and TikTok abroad, has become a target of U.S. government concern.

报道中的gear up本意是“换挡提速”，引申为“促进、做好准备”。例如：

We’d better gear up if we are to arrive at the airport before 6.

如果想6点之前到达机场，我们最好开快点。

The investors geared up for the merger of the two companies.

投资者为两家公司的购并做好了准备。