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据初步票房估计，动画儿童电影《老雷斯的故事》(The Lorax)击败了几部新上映的电影，包括一部大制作的科幻史诗巨片，蝉联上周末北美票房冠军。

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An animated children’s film fended off several new releases, including a big-budget sci-fi epic, to remain as the weekend’s top-grossing movie, according to early studio estimates.

 

¹ep·ic/ˈɛpɪk/noun

plural ep·ics

 

[count] 1: a long poem that tells the story of a hero's adventures
▪ Homer's ancient Greek epic “The Odyssey”

 

2: a long book, movie, etc., that usually tells a story about exciting events or adventures