Is There Any Way for Department Store to Beat Amazon?
1. Is there any way for sb. to do sth? 有……的方法吗？
近意表达：How can sb. do sth.？
Is there any way for me to get the new information? = How can I get the information?
After years when it seemed as if Amazon was swallowing the industry, many large old-school chains like Kohl's and Macy's have largely stabilized their lagging sales.
1. After years when... 多年以来（介绍背景）
2. it seems as if 似乎好像（弱化语气）
He was not happy.
It seems he was not happy.
It seems as if he was not happy.
But those victories may be short-lived because retailers are caught up in a seemingly never-ending race against Amazon. The more they spend to compete, the more their profits are sapped. And even when they succeed in attracting customers, Amazon responds with new ways of delivering inexpensive items as quickly and conveniently as possible.
1. never-ending adj. 无穷无尽的
近意表达：incessant, constant, perpetual, permanent
2. sap
vt. 榨取，削弱 n.树汁
"It just continues this vicious cycle that retailers find themselves in," said Kimberly Greenberger, a retail analyst at Morgan Stanley.
1. vicious cycle
恶性循环
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