Petrol is a volatile substance.

汽油是挥发性物质。

All new cars take unleaded petrol.

所有的新汽车都加无铅汽油。

The car was doused in petrol and set alight.

这辆汽车被浇上汽油点燃了。

We drove there and back on one tank of petrol.

我们开车去那里来回用了一油箱汽油。

Unleaded petrol rose more than a penny a gallon.

无铅汽油每加仑涨了一个多便士。

What happens when food and petrol supplies run low?

食物和汽油这些补给品减少时会发生什么情况呢？

He filled up his Toyota with regular unleaded petrol.

他把自己的丰田车加满了普通无铅汽油。

Arco says 20% of West Coast drivers want leaded petrol.

阿科说20%的西岸司机要含铅汽油。

They've begun to hoard food and petrol and save their money.

他们已开始贮藏食物和汽油并攒钱。

They hurled abuse at their victim as they doused him with petrol.

他们边骂边往受害者身上浇汽油。

It would not be easy to cover ten miles on that amount of petrol.

要靠那些数量的汽油跑10英里可不容易。

The average price for all grades of petrol at the pump was $3.49 a gallon.

加油泵所有等级的汽油平均价格为1加仑3.49美元。

She put diesel fuel, instead of petrol, into the tank causing the motor to seize up.

她把柴油代替汽油灌入油箱，造成发动机失灵。

The petrol in the tank is leaking out.

油箱里的汽油正往外漏。

What is the price of petrol these days?

现在的汽油价格是多少？

The nearest petrol station is five miles away.

最近的加油站在五英里以外。

It's clear that petrol-driven engines have no future.

显然，汽油发动机没有发展前途。

It was actually a tricycle with a petrol motor at the rear.

那实际上是一辆后面有汽油发动机的三轮车。

Ethanol is corrosive and has less energy per litre than petrol and diesel.

乙醇具有腐蚀性，每升的能源比汽油和柴油少。

The man poured petrol down the hole and then lit a match in an attempt to kill the offending arachnid.

这名男子将汽油倒进洞里，然后点燃了一根火柴，试图杀死这只讨厌的蜘蛛。

I think, though, that even in the USA, ethanol is still only used as an additive to gasoline, or petrol.

不过我认为，即使在美国，乙醇仍然只用作汽油的添加剂。

When the car is low in petrol, the system will be able to tell the driver where the nearest petrol station is.

在汽车油量不足时，该系统将告诉驾驶者最近的加油站的方位。

There were no petrol pumps and few garages, so every driver had to be his own engineer for the frequent breakdowns.

那里没有汽油加油泵，也很少有汽车修理厂，所以为了应对频繁出现的机器故障，每个司机都必须自己担任修理工的角色。

It is proposed that the price of cars and petrol should be increased to combat the growing traffic and pollution problems.

有人提议提高汽车和汽油的价格，以应对日益严重的交通和污染问题。

Mango Financial looks slightly out of place. Its neighbours are a pawnshop, a petrol station and a couple of fast food restaurants.

芒果财政看起来稍微有些出位。它的邻居是一家当铺、一家汽油站和几家快餐店。

Now, however, recent developments in electric vehicle technology mean they can match conventional petrol engines in terms of performance and safety.

然而，如今电动汽车技术得到最新发展，这意味着它们在性能和安全性方面都可以与传统汽油发动机相媲美。

They chip in for the petrol.

他们凑钱买煤气。

I comped him his lunch and lent him petrol money to get home.

我免费招待了他一顿午饭，并借给了他回家的油费。

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

20世纪80年代的经济繁荣导致了对高油耗汽车的喜爱。

His meagre allotment of petrol had to be saved for emergencies.

他的天然气的微薄份额必须省下以备急用。