Rough seas today prevented specially equipped ships from skimming oil off the water's surface.
今天汹涌的海浪使特别装备的船只无法撇去浮在水面上的石油。
Not only does the GDP mask this erosion, it can actually portray it as an economic gain: an oil spill off a coastal region "adds" to the GDP because it generates commercial activity.
GDP不仅掩盖了这种侵蚀现象,它实际上还可以将其描述为一种经济收益:沿海地区的石油泄漏“提升” GDP,因为它产生了商业活动。
If you must deep fry, be sure to drain the food on kitchen paper, turning it a few times to drain off as much oil as possible.
如果你一定要油炸,一定要把食物放在厨房的纸上,翻动几次尽量把油吸干。
Top the oil up before you set off.
出发前加满油。
Top the car up with oil before you set off.
出发前给车加满油。
They're drilling for oil off the Irish coast.
他们在爱尔兰沿海钻井采油。
Vast areas of the United States are off-limits to oil exploration and production in the name of environmental protection.
美国大部分地区以保护环境的名义禁止石油勘探和生产活动。
In January 1994 an oil barge ran aground off the coast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, leaking its cargo of 750000 gallons into the ocean while causing the pollution of the city's beaches.
1994年1月,一艘油驳船在波多黎各圣胡安海岸触礁,将75万加仑的货物泄漏到海洋中,并污染了该市的海滩。
The supply of oil can be shut off unexpectedly at any time, and in any case, the oil wells will all run dry in thrty years or so at the present rate of use.
石油供应可能会随时意外中断;不管怎样,以目前这种消费速度,只需30年左右,所有的油井都会枯竭。
The aim is to produce an automaton that could help people do difficult jobs underwater-shutting off leaking oil valves, for example.
她的目标是研制一个自动化机器人,以帮助人们从事有困难的水下作业——例如关闭泄漏石油的阀门。
Provided such restrictions are temporary, they may pay off for the oil industry. But there are risks.
假设这些限制是暂时的,他们可能因石油工业成功,但是存在风险。
So it seems that biofuels might not be the best solution for weaning the world off oil.
因此为了摆脱石油的依赖,生物燃料似乎并不是最佳的方案。
Many northerners worry that he will neglect them, or even turn off their oil.
于是,许多北方人担心会被忽视,甚至无法买卖石油。
BP is still at work drilling two relief Wells to siphon off the oil that is still gushing out.
英国石油公司仍在努力钻探两个减压井以转移仍在喷发中的石油。
The options were referred to as "lottery tickets" at the time because of their low cost and high potential reward, but the move paid off when oil surged.
由于成本较低,且具有较高的潜在回报,这些期权曾被称作“彩票”,但在油价飙升后,此举带来了回报。
The Russians refused-and Belarus began siphoning off oil in lieu of payment.
俄罗斯人不同意,而白俄罗斯则开始截留过境的俄罗斯石油,并且分文不付。
In June, Russia briefly shut off oil supplies to Belarus over a price dispute.
由于价格争端,6月,俄罗斯暂停了对白俄罗斯的石油供应。
Tip: If the engine is burning oil, adding oil will only temporarily turn off the oil light.
提示:如果发动起在工作,加油只会暂时灭油压告警灯熄。
Of course most of those jobs would be cleaning oil off ducks.
当然,其中大多数工作将会是清除鸭子身上的油污。
The oil slick is particularly visible in this image because of the way the sun reflects off the oil and the surrounding water.
在这幅图像中你可以很明显地看到那片浮油,这是因为浮油和周围的海水对于阳光的反射有着很大的不同。
Why support oil drilling off the coast of Brazil but not in America?
为什么支持在巴西沿岸钻探,而不是在美国?
Only more fuel-efficient vehicles, better public transport, and electric cars will get us off the oil hook.
只有更多的高效能交通工具,更好的公共交通和电力车会让我们摆脱石油麻烦。
"The chemicals that evaporate off of the oil are quite toxic," says Solomon.
所罗门说:“从原油中挥发出来的化学成分毒性很强。”
Roosevelt accordingly adopted an intransigent policy toward the Japanese; when they would not meet his terms, he cut off oil exports to Japan and eventually froze Japanese assets in the United States.
罗斯福相应的对日采取强硬政策;如果日本人无法满足他的要求,罗斯福切断了对日的石油输出,以及最终冻结日本在美的资产。
First, remote-controlled robot submarines have been deployed to try to seal off the oil well altogether by activating a massive device called a blowout preventer.
首先,他们已经部署了遥控机器人驾驶的潜水艇潜入水下试图通过激活防喷器来关闭油井。
Of course, were Iran to completely cut off its oil supply, it would badly damage its own economy.
当然,如果伊朗完全切断其石油供应,将严重地破坏其自身经济。
Saudi Arabia can fend off the oil majors' demands because it has enough experts of its own.
沙特阿拉伯可以应付大型石油公司的需求,因为该国拥有自己培养的足够专家。
Laura Watson of Huntsville, Alabama holds her protective footwear while her friend Sandee Riopka shows off the oil stains on her rubber boots.
阿拉巴马亨茨维尔的劳拉·沃森举着她的保护鞋,她的朋友桑迪·里欧帕卡在炫耀她的胶鞋上的油渍。
BP is trying to drop huge domes over the leaks and siphon off the oil they collect.
英国石油公司试图减少巨大穹顶上泄漏的原油,并用虹吸管吸收他们所收集到的原油。
BP is trying to drop huge domes over the leaks and siphon off the oil they collect.
英国石油公司试图减少巨大穹顶上泄漏的原油,并用虹吸管吸收他们所收集到的原油。
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