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Whole Foods Market had sought $45 per share from Amazon but settled for $42 per share, which the ecommerce giant said was its "best and final offer".
全食（Whole Foods Market）望以45美元每股价格卖给亚马逊却最终无奈接受每股42美元的报价，电商巨头亚马逊称这是“最好的最终定价”alH0A=491mCMw_Zo。
Amazon had initially offered $41 in May, Whole Foods said in a regulatory filing on Friday.
周五全食在一份官方文件中称，起初亚马逊5月的报价为41美元美股R|cd__|=a9BM+n。
Amazon also told Whole Foods that it was considering other opportunities in case the offer was turned down.
亚马逊同样也告知全食，为防止报价遭拒，他们正在考虑其他机遇)m09sEz!*hlJ9np-o%5Y。

The company also asked Whole Foods not to approach other potential bidders while they were engaged in talks.
该公司也要求全食不要在商谈过程中接触其他潜在投标人8.Y*UEdBPB&XUC^^)Mr。
Amazon said in June it would buy Whole Foods for $13.7 billion, in a deal that could turn the high-end grocer into a mass-market merchant and upend the already struggling U.S. retail industry.
亚马逊在六月份表示将以137亿美元的价格收购全食6qL1,jIjlxj#|x。该笔交易将使高端食品商转变为大众市场商，颠覆已在苦苦挣扎之中的美国零售业Oo_kS^QvO)!5^G。

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词语解释

1.settle for 勉强接受
例句：Since money was tight, we settled for a short trip to the south.
既然钱紧了一点,我们退而求其次,来一趟短期的南部之旅f.ikZ)4k^*5M=jo@fn]。

2.struggle 挣扎

例句：They had to struggle against all kinds of adversity.
他们不得不同各种困境斗争;UTz*FKT(4=kV。