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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. 团结友爱；亲密无间
• sense of belonging: 归属感
amount to: 总计
• 近义表达: grow into: 逐渐增加为
spree n. 毫无节制；放纵（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挥霍
eye-popping: 瞠目结舌的（jaw-dropping）
event n. 重大事件，盛会
halfway adv. 时间到一半；事情进行到中途
sales volume: 销售额
blow vt. 爆炸，炸开（本节引申为“超过”）
in terms of: 就……而言
eclipse vt. 光芒盖过 n. 日食；月食
• He was eclipsed by his more famous sister.
他的名气被他更有名的姐姐盖过了。

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