Cars

The boom of the 1980s led to a taste for petrol-guzzling cars.

20世纪80年代的经济繁荣使人们喜欢上高油耗的汽车。

The flood of cars has now slowed to a trickle.

汹涌的车流现在已经变得稀稀拉拉。

New Japanese cars averaged 13 km to the litre in 1981.

1981年，新型的日产汽车平均每升汽油能跑13千米。

Rolls Royce produces around 1,000 extremely desirable cars a year.

劳斯莱斯公司每年生产约1,000辆非常吸引人的汽车。

The museum will have a permanent exhibition of 60 vintage cars.

这个博物馆将长期展出60辆老爷车。

Shoppers took cover behind cars as police marksmen returned fire.

警方的射击手开火回击时，购物者们躲在汽车后面。

All the royal cars are fitted with electronic homing devices.

所有的皇家轿车都装有电子自导引装置。

If you build more plastics into cars, the car lasts longer.

如果汽车采用更多塑料元件，寿命会更长一些。

Our cars get blocked in and we can't leave for ages.

我们的车被堵在里面，要等很久才能走。

Hybrids, unlike pure electric cars, never need to be plugged in.

与纯电动汽车不同，混合动力车永远不需要接电源。

Many women know how to carry out repairs on their cars.

许多妇女懂得怎样修自己的车。

Ford had the bright idea of paying workers enough to buy cars.

福特公司想出了一绝妙的主意：付给工人足够的薪水去购买汽车。

The factory may make as few as 1,500 cars this year.

今年，工厂生产的小轿车可能只有1,500辆。

I sat in the garden and watched the passing cars.

我坐在花园里，看着过往车辆。

The company undertakes mechanical work on all types of cars.

该公司承接各类汽车的修理工作。