光棍节网络消费达一百亿元

 Chinese online shoppers spent a record breaking 10-billion yuan within 14 hours on Sunday.

The cyber shopping frenzy¹ is in response to the Singles-Day holiday sales throughout the country. Major on-line retailers³ offered massive discounts of up to 50 percent.

10 main shopping websites are locked in an e-commerce price war, as they compete for singles-day customers. The Alibaba Group, operator of China’s biggest e-commerce platforms, says over 10-million people were logging onto online retail² websites just one minute after the sales started at midnight.

The on-line purchases on singles day in 2011 reached 5.2 billion yuan, almost four times that in 2010.

1 frenzy   

n.疯狂，狂热，极度的激动

参考例句：

• He was able to work the young students up into a frenzy.他能激起青年学生的狂热。
• They were singing in a frenzy of joy.他们欣喜若狂地高声歌唱。

2 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

3 retailers   

零售商，零售店( retailer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• High street retailers reported a marked increase in sales before Christmas. 商业街的零售商报告说圣诞节前销售量显著提高。
• Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose. 零售商有为他们提供符合要求的货品的法定义务。