电商巨头京东携手腾讯入股易车网，至此京东和阿里在高端商品市场的竞争更趋激烈。请看本报昨日的报道：

    China’s JD.com Inc. has ratcheted up competition with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. through a US$1.55 billion deal with an online car sales portal, as the e-commerce giants gun for high-value markets like cars, tourism and homes.

    Following over a year of fervent investment activity in China’s tech sector, niche e-commerce markets are now in vogue as targets, analysts say. Taking stakes in specialists like Bitauto Holdings Ltd. offers an avenue into big-ticket purchases, which fall outside major e-commerce companies’ traditional focus of day-to-day goods.

    报道中的gun for就是“谋求”，gun作为动词是“射击、打猎”。Gun for还可以是“搜寻、伺机加害”。例如：

    They are gunning for support.

    他们在寻求援助。