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请把下面的汉语翻译成一句英文：

Facebook联合创始人爱德华多•萨维林(Eduardo Saverin)的发言人称，萨维林放弃美国国籍并不是因为对

美国有任何不满，只是因为美国针对在海外持有资产的公民的规定太过复杂。

 

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请把下面的汉语翻译成一句英文：

雅虎说，将向阿里巴巴集团出售所持大约50%的阿里巴巴股权，价值为71亿美元。阿里巴巴是中国最大的电子商务网站。

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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]