The fossil fuels (coal and oil) are finite resources.化石燃料（如煤和石油）属于有限资源。Fire may have breached the cargo tanks and set the oil ablaze.大火当时有可能把货船上的油罐烧漏了，从而引燃原油。Petroleum engineers plan and manage the extraction of oil.石油工程...
That is in stark contrast to the situation during the 1970 oil crisis.那和1970年石油危机时的情形完全不同。Oil leaking from a barge in the Mississippi River poses a hazard to the drinking water of New Orleans.密西西比河上驳船漏油事件危及新奥尔良市的饮用水。We d...
Different hypotheses have been put forward to explain why these foods are more likely to cause problems.人们已经提出不同的假说来解释为什么这些食物更有可能带来问题。The hypotheses of fibre flaws are based on deduction from mechanical experiments.纤维缺陷的...
The waters of the Yangtze River are dangerously high for the time of year.长江的水位每年这个时候都处于危险的高位。Hong Yun became known after she had narrated the TV programme of the Story of the Yangtze River.虹云解说了《话说长江》电视节目之后便出了名.Soon the...
Some of the discussion in the book is lightweight and unconvincing.书中的有些论述肤浅琐碎，毫无说服力。I find the characters in the book very unconvincing.我觉得书中的人物很不真实。On the face of it, this story seems unconvincing.表面上看来, 这个故事似乎令人难以置信....
Brushing wet hair can cause stretching and breakage.梳理湿头发会拉抻头发，造成损伤。Every compartment had some minor breakage or malfunction to report.每间舱房总有些小毛病或机件失灵的事故上报.There was a great deal of breakage in that shipment of glassware...