Apple was briefly the most valuable company in the world earlier this year, knocking oil giant Exxon Mobil off the top spot.

苹果公司在今年早期一度曾是世界最高市值公司，超越了第一位的石油巨头埃克森美孚。

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Earlier this month, Apple even briefly surpassed Exxon Mobil, an oil giant, to become the world's most valuable company.

本月初，苹果甚至暂时超过石油巨头埃克森美孚，成为世界上最有价值的公司。

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In August, Apple edged out Exxon to become the most valuable company in the world, but has since fallen slightly behind the oil giant.

8月，苹果挤掉埃克森成为世界上最有价值公司。但自那时后又稍稍落后于这个石油巨人。

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While it was at its peak Apple became the company with the highest capitalization of any company anywhere, Q4 profit in 2012 higher than any non-oil company had ever posted, in effect making it the most successful company in the world.

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