Ordinarily, bondholders are better protected from losses than stock investors.是什么意思？

Ordinarily, bondholders are better protected from losses than stock investors.

通常, 债券持有人比股票投资者更不容易遭受损失.

ordinarily

adv. 平常地，通常地，一般地，按说；

例句
The streets would ordinarily have been full of people. There was no one...
街上通常应该人满为患，当时却空无一人。

bondholders

n. 债券持有人，公司债所有者，公债证书所有者( bondholder的名词复数 )；

例句
Legally, the owners of this stock stand next in line to the bondholders in getting paid.
从法律上讲, 优先股的持有者在分配时排在债券持有者的后面.

are

vi. （用于第二人称单复数现在时，第一、三人称复数现在时）是；n. 公亩（等于100平方米）；

例句
We are scared to abandon ourselves to our feelings in case we seem weak or out of control.
我们不敢放纵自己的情感，以免显得太过软弱或缺乏自制。

better

adj. 较好的，更合适的，能力更强的，好转的；adv. 更好地，更妥，更；v. 胜过，上进；n. 更好者，更有才智者；

例句
...an opportunity for the leaders to become better acquainted.
增进领导人之间相互了解的机会

protected

v. 保护( protect的过去式和过去分词 )，防护，投保，关税保护；

例句
The birds are additionally protected in the reserves at Birsay...
鸟类在伯赛的保护区尤其受到保护。

from

prep. （表示时间）从…，（表示原因）因为，（表示来源）来自…，（表示分离）与…分离[隔开]；

例句
...an abortive attempt to prevent the current President from taking office.
企图阻止现任总统连任的失败尝试

losses

n. 损失( loss的名词复数 )，损耗，失败，降低；

例句
Price Waterhouse have traced the losses to lenders' inflated assessments of mortgaged property.
普华永道会计师事务所已经查明损失源于贷方对按揭财产估值过高。

than

conj. 比（用于比较级），宁愿…而不愿，除…以外，一…就；prep. 超过，比；

例句
...more than a thousand acres of land.
1,000多英亩地

stock

n. 股份，股票，库存，树干，家畜；adj. 常备的，存货的，陈旧的；vt. 提供货物，备有；vi. 出新芽，囤积；

例句
...a disastrous rise in interest rates allied with a stock market slump.
股市下跌的同时，利率却在灾难性地上涨

investors

n. 投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )；

例句
It's illegal to get into a formal agreement with investors that they'll buy in the aftermarket.
与投资者达成正式协议、允许他们在后市上买入的做法是非法的。