表明 - provide evidence of

The CICC deal provides evidence of just how far apart the expectations of potential buyers and sellers generally remain.
中金公司的交易表明，潜在买家与卖家之间的预期通常会相差何其之远。

put...on hold

Morgan Stanley has put the sale of its stake in mainland brokerage China International Capital Corp on hold, telling private equity bidders including Bain Capital and TPG that their offers are too low as jittery equity markets continue to take a toll on deals.
由于波动的股市仍在继续影响并购交易，摩根士丹利(Morgan Stanley)已暂停出售所持中国券商中金公司(CICC)的股份。它告诉贝恩资本(Bain Capital)和TPG等参与竞购的私人股本公司，它们的出价过低。