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According to Reuters, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, smashed the 2017 record for its Singles' Day sales event on Sunday, surpassing $24.15 billion sales in under sixteen hours.
据路透社报道，周日，中国电子商务巨头阿里巴巴打破了2017年光棍节的销售活动记录，在不到16个小时的时间里，销售额超过了241.5亿美元NTfYf@@IiFc。
Singles' Day, also called “Double 11” is the world's biggest online sales event, outstripping U.S. shopping holiday Black Friday.
光棍节，也叫“双十一”，是世界上最大的在线销售活动，超过美国购物节“黑色星期五”7.XDedozF,g6。

Analysts say that despite continued strong growth, sales are likely to be hit by economic headwinds and new competition from competing sales events.
分析人士指出，尽管销售额增长势头迅猛，但经济下行和促销活动带来的新竞争可能会影响到它8tyFTK0sZ(IHQ7。
This year, Alibaba said there were around 180,000 brands participating in Singles' Day.
今年，阿里巴巴称，大约有18万个品牌参与了光棍节cj,ijWWy)2*v15Bvb^。

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词语解释

1.smash v. 打碎；撞击

例句：Their attempts to clean up politics and smash the power of party machines failed.
他们力图重整政坛、摧毁现有的政党机器，却以失败收场t,uhtvl^~xQK5a。

2.outstrip v. 超过，越过；优于，胜于

例句：In the mid-eighteenth century the production of food far outstripped the rise in population.
18世纪中叶食物的产量远远超过人口的增长^;4AtUW^8aHD!DMb&KG4。