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“Singles Day” may sound lonely, but those taking part are finding some togetherness in what amounts to the world's largest annual shopping spree, with more than $1 billion spent in just over a minute in an eye-popping start to Monday's event.
More than halfway through the unofficial Chinese shopping holiday known as Singles Day, sales volume had already blown past last year's total, according to Alibaba, China's version of Amazon, which showed the running tally live on its web site.
In terms of money spent, China's one-day festival of consumption has already eclipsed predictions of Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday — combined.


togetherness n. 團結(jié)友愛；親密無間
• sense of belonging: 歸屬感
amount to: 總計
• 近義表達: grow into: 逐漸增加為
spree n. 毫無節(jié)制；放縱（a short period of time when you do a lot of one activity, especially spending money or drinking alcohol）
• drinking spree喝大
• spending spree揮霍
eye-popping: 瞠目結(jié)舌的（jaw-dropping）
event n. 重大事件，盛會
halfway adv. 時間到一半；事情進行到中途
sales volume: 銷售額
blow vt. 爆炸，炸開（本節(jié)引申為“超過”）
in terms of: 就……而言
eclipse vt. 光芒蓋過 n. 日食；月食
• He was eclipsed by his more famous sister.
他的名氣被他更有名的姐姐蓋過了。

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