Amazon also stated that sales of its Kindle e-book reader have tripled since it cut the price from $260 to $190, although Amazon did not provide any hard numbers about the number it had sold.

亚马逊的统计显示，自从他们将Kindle（译者：亚马逊自己出品的电子书阅读器）的售价从260美元下调至190美元后，Kindle的销量量提高了整整3倍，但亚马逊没有公布具体的销售数字。

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Rival e-commerce outfits, such as America's Ariba and commerce One, sought to cut multinationals' procurement costs.

电子商务领域的竞争者，如美国的Ariba和Commerce One，其公司的定位是为跨国公司的全球采购节省成本。

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According to the myth of the moon, Chang E drank the elixir of life and Wu Kang cut down the cassia tree which can restore itself with each blow, implying an immortal spirit of life.

在关于月亮的神话中，嫦娥喝下了不死药，而吴刚砍伐着一株永远砍不倒的桂树，这些意象都包含着一种“永生”的观念。

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Therefore, while e-commerce cut down the costs, it also shifts all the risks to the producers as the windows for distribution keep getting smaller due to over-crowding.

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The capture of Pul-e-Khumri would cut the main north-south road through the centre of Afghanistan, leaving the remaining Taleban forces in the north stranded.

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As luxury e-tailers have cut their prices to survive, the labels, fearing that cheap prices mean a cheap image, have fled.

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