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Facebook聯合創始人愛德華多•薩維林(Eduardo Saverin)的發言人稱，薩維林放棄美國國籍並不是因為對

美國有任何不滿，隻是因為美國針對在海外持有資產的公民的規定太過複雜。

 

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雅虎說，將向阿裏巴巴集團出售所持大約50%的阿裏巴巴股權，價值為71億美元。阿裏巴巴是中國最大的電子商務網站。

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Yahoo says it will sell about half of its stake in Alibaba, China's largest e-commerce provider, back to the Chinese company for $7.1 billion.

 

stake /ˈsteɪk/ noun

plural stakes

1 [count] : a pointed stick or post that is pushed into the ground especially to mark a place or to support something

2 the stake: a post that a person was tied to and burned on in the past as a form of punishment
▪ Joan of Arc was burned at the stake.

3 stakes [plural] : something (such as money) that you could win or lose in a game, contest, etc.
▪ a poker game with high stakes
▪ The stakes are too high/low/big.

4 [count] a: an interest or share in a business
▪ They have a stake in the company. [=they own part of the company]
▪ a majority stake
b: an interest or degree of involvement in something
▪ We all have a stake in the health of our economy. [=the health of our economy affects us all]