U.S. gasoline average price tops $5 per gallon in historic first
专有名词
unleaded gas
无铅汽油
Democrats
民主主义者,民主人士,〔美国〕民主党党员,民主党支持者
summer gasline
DEMAND DESTRUCTION
需求摧毁
Demand destruction is, in economics, what happens when prices for goods are so high that people simply cannot afford them anymore, and they stop buying them.
AAA
American Automobile Association 美国汽车协会
OPEC
欧佩克 Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries 石油输出国组织
名词
surge
VI 迅速涌动,蜂拥向前 ~ forward/through
〔情感〕涌起,涌现
〔大量液体〕汹涌;〔电流〕浪涌;〔化学物等〕突然涌动 ~ through/up
V&N 激增;急剧上升;突飞猛进
levers
〔影响局势的〕方法,手段
其他
slim
(可能性)不大的,微乎其微的
a couple of
a few 几个,一些 more than one but indefinitely small in number