| 词汇 | petrol |
| 释义 | petrol noun[ U ] UKuk /ˈpet.rəl/ us /ˈpet.rəl/(USgas) A2 a liquid obtained from petroleum, used especially as a fuel for cars and other vehicles: 汽油 a petrol tank/pump/station油箱／油泵／加油站 lead-free/unleaded/high-octane petrol无铅汽油／高辛烷值汽油 I'm a bit low on(= I don't have much) petrol.我车里的汽油不多了。 High petrol taxes are defensible on ecological grounds.从保护生态环境的角度来讲，征收高额汽油税是有道理的。 I had to use a bit of petrol to get the fire alight.我不得不倒了一点汽油才生着了火。 A big old car like that eats up petrol.像那样的老式大型车很耗油。 Does your car use unleaded petrol? We stopped at the services to get petrol. Petroleum products especially when used as fuel antiknocking derv diesel downstream four-star gas gasohol gasoline hexane high-octane juice leaded mineral oil non-leaded octane number oil petroleum jelly premium propane unleaded petrol | American Dictionarypetrol noun[ U ] Brus/ˈpe·trəl/ gas petrol | Business Englishpetrol noun[ U ] UKuk /ˈpetrəl/us(USgas) NATURAL RESOURCES, TRANSPORT a liquid obtained from petroleum, used especially as a fuel for cars and other vehicles: The family spends a combined total of about €30 a week on petrol. lead-free/unleaded/high-octane petrol petrol prices/tax/duty a petrol tank/pump/station Examples of petrolpetrol The key factor responsible for this is the price difference between diesel and petrol. It must be noted that this measure would not have the desired impact as long as difference between diesel and petrol prices is significant. Chapter 6 on volatility is not only well written, but the part about petrol shortage and near-crisis situations at the pump is also funny. A minimum level of only 4.4 per cent, by contrast, tellingly concerned another case of transport policy - an increase in the tax on petrol. Exhaust emissions are considerably higher from diesel-engined vehicles than vehicles with petrol engines. Very soon petrol companies were building chains of standardized stations. Of course, a petrol station, a fast-food outlet and a budget hotel do not make a community. She identifies conversion of petrol and diesel vehicles to compressed natural gas as win-win options for consumers since they decrease pollution and save costs. The comparison between the petrol station and the parish church is perhaps far-fetched. An instance of this is the use of the example of price-fixing by petrol companies in a discussion of evolutionary stable strategies in animal species. Some participants were unable to take full advantage of their cars for anything other than essential activities because of the high cost of petrol. At the heart of the cluster, like a parish church in a country village, stands the petrol station. They were worried about being 'robbed' or tricked by people (including other farmers) replacing some of the product with petrol in the bottle. These might include ' green dollar ' schemes, guidelines on how much to give, or making petrol vouchers available in more outlets. The modern petrol station is not a single building but a non-hierarchical collection of separate objects. See all examples of petrol These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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