2014第二季度亚马逊亏损1.26亿_财经新闻

2014第二季度亚马逊亏损1.26亿

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Amazon has reported a loss of $126m in the second quarter and warned that sales could slow in the current quarter.

2014第二季度亚马逊亏损1.26亿美元，并警告本季度销售额可能放缓。

Amazon forecast third quarter sales of between $19.7bn and $21.5bn, which could mean sales growth of as little as 15% - well down on previous quarters.

Amazon has traditionally survived on thin profit margins¹, but investors² have been reassured³ by strong sales growth.

But today's warning over sales has spooked investors.

In after hours trading in the US shares slumped⁴ by 6%.

Digital content

Amazon has been investing heavily to build up its business, including the launch last month of its first smartphone - the Fire Phone.

It has been developing digital content including computer games and TV shows.

In its conference call the company said that producing its own TV shows would cost $100m in the third quarter.

Amazon has also been spending money on improving its delivery systems which includes expanding Sunday delivery to 18 cities in the United States.

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1 margins
边( margin的名词复数 )；利润；页边空白；差数
参考例句：
They have always had to make do with relatively small profit margins. 他们不得不经常设法应付较少的利润额。 To create more space between the navigation items, add left and right margins to the links. 在每个项目间留更多的空隙，加左或者右的margins来定义链接。

2 investors
n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子 a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

3 reassured
adj.使消除疑虑的；使放心的v.再保证，恢复信心( reassure的过去式和过去分词)
参考例句：
The captain's confidence during the storm reassured the passengers. 在风暴中船长的信念使旅客们恢复了信心。来自《现代英汉综合大词典》 The doctor reassured the old lady. 医生叫那位老妇人放心。来自《简明英汉词典》

4 slumped
大幅度下降，暴跌( slump的过去式和过去分词 )；沉重或突然地落下[倒下]
参考例句：
Sales have slumped this year. 今年销售量锐减。 The driver was slumped exhausted over the wheel. 司机伏在方向盘上，疲惫得睡着了。