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Petroleum Oil Fossil People Pə'Troʊliəm N.石油 Price Raised

Front petroleum
Pron [pə'troʊliəm]
Back 【petroleum】
n.石油
The price of the petroleum has been raised too high during the last few years.
最近几年来,石油的价格已经被提高太多了。
Vocab
petroleuma dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

Petroleum is oil — a fossil fuel that powers many vehicles and other machinery.

Petroleum is a fancy, technical word for something you've probably heard of: oil, an energy source. Petroleum is also known as crude, crude oil, fossil oil, and rock oil. A lot of petroleum is found in the Middle East, and people are always looking for new sources of petroleum. You have to drill for petroleum, because it's deep inside the Earth. There’s a limited amount of petroleum, so many people worry that we're going to use it all up.

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