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Walmart is slogging through one of its toughest patches in recent history.
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For short sellers betting the company's stock will fall, it's the best of times.
卖空者认为该公司的股价会下跌，现在是抛售的最佳时期jAFpfH!ds.1#KDD。
On reports that the company's online sales growth slowed considerably last quarter, Walmart's stock dropped more than 10% Tuesday.
据报道，该公司上季度的在线销售增长十分缓慢，周二沃尔玛股价下跌了10%以上5sLkJ)ynLapDW#J。

It was its biggest single-day loss in 30 years.
这是近30年来该公司最大的单日跌幅oQ|jA0oo&QF*65Gh。
The share decline stretched into a second day.
其股价下跌一直持续到了第二日*UD2HUp21X;。
According to data compiled by the financial-analytics firm S3 Partners,
金融分析公司“S3 Partners”收集的数据表明，
short sellers have raked in $548 million in mark-to-market profits since the start of February.
自二月初以来，卖空者赚了5.48亿美元，这是按市值计价的收入2c9eSaw#bGz9。

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词语解释

1.slog v. 步履艰难地行

例句：She has slogged her way through ballet classes since the age of six.
从6岁开始，她就一直在努力地学习芭蕾j6D)2uy9EP-Vr。

2.stretch v. 伸展；延伸；持续

例句：He was fluent in French, having spent stretches of time in Southern France.
他曾在法国南部呆过一段时间，法语流利(Yc-uChQEI4。