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Baidu is selling about a third of its stake in online travel site Ctrip.com International, generating around $1 billion to counter a slowing economy amid intensifying competition in its key advertising business.
Baidu over the past years has sold its food-delivery arm to Alibaba Group Holding’s Ele.me, and merged its music streaming service with Chinese record label Taihe, allowing the search giant to focus on its key units such as advertising, smart speakers and autonomous cars.
More recently, the 19-year-old company has expanded its investment into content needed to attract and keep users, backing social media platforms including Q&A app Zhihu.
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generate /'dʒenəreɪt/ vt. 产生；发生（produce/create）
· produce/generate income: 产生收益
· produce/generate profit: 产生利润
· generate electricity/heat: 发（产生）电/热
counter /'kaʊntə/ vt. 抵消；抵制（后面通常接不好的事情）
· counter a slowing economy
intensifying /in'tensifaiiŋ/ adj. 增强的，加剧的（increasing）
· intensify /ɪn'tensɪfaɪ/ vt. 使加剧，强化 （to increase)
· intensifying violence: 中东的暴力冲突加剧
· intensifying attack: （打仗时）敌方的攻击加剧
arm /ɑːm/ n.部门，分部，分支机构；手臂
· the research arm of the company: 公司的科研部门
merge /mɜːdʒ/ vt. 合并，融合
· merge cells: 合并单元格
merge A with B: 把A和B合并或融合
· Our company will merge sales arm with market arm.
我们公司的销售部和市场部要合并了。
expand/ɪk'spænd/ vt. 扩大，扩展
· We've expanded the business by opening two more stores.
我们增开了两个商店以扩展业务。
attract and keep users: 引流和圈粉
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