And what, we may ask parenthetically, does it mean?

The pipeline carries crude oil direct from the oil field to the harbour.

油管把原油从油田直接输往港口.

Contrary to popular belief, the oil companies can't control the price of crude.

与人们普遍的看法相反，石油公司并不能控制原油价格。

A thousand tons of crude oil has spilled into the sea from an oil tanker.

1,000吨原油从一艘油轮中泄漏，流入了海洋。

The agreement sets the ceiling of twenty-two-point-five million barrels a day on OPEC production.

协议规定，欧佩克每天的原油产量不得超过22,500,000桶。

They refined crude oil into various petroleum products.

他们将原油提炼成各种石油产品.

Gasoline is distilled from crude oil.

汽油是从原油中提炼出来的.

Oil welled out of the ground.

原油从地下涌出.

Last night a cargo ship collided with a tanker carrying crude oil.

昨晚一艘货轮与一艘载着原油的油轮相撞.

The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.

炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油.

The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.

该管道供给约旦15%的原油.

A crude oil slick quickly spreads out over water.

原油泄露后的浮油很快在水面上扩散开来。

The oil is attacked by naturally occurring microbes which break it down.

原油受到了自然产生的分解油类物质的微生物的侵蚀。

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。

"What would you like to eat?" — "Anything'll do me, Eva."

“你想吃什么？”——“我吃什么都行，伊娃。”

"Well," she said a little uneasily, "what is it?"

“噢，”她有些不自在地说道，“是什么？”

Who knows what lies in store for the President?

谁知道总统将要面临什么？

It was clear Cohen didn't understand what Millard was driving at.

看得出科恩并不明白米勒德想说什么。

He hadn't eaten a thing except for one forkful of salad.

除了一餐叉色拉，他什么都没吃。

"What do you mean?" I asked, offended on Liddie's behalf.

“你什么意思啊？”我问，替利迪感到愤愤不平。

Some laxative drugs such as magnesium sulfate , Bisatin, phenolphthalein, glycerol etc for common use were introduced.

介绍了几种治疗慢性便秘的药剂,包括:硫酸镁, 比沙啶,酚酞, 甘油,开塞露等.并着重介绍了它们的用法.