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1·They've got us over a barrel. Either we agree to their terms or we lose the money.

他们让我们别无选择。我们要么答应他们的条件，要么损失这笔钱。《牛津词典》

2·A larger group of fatalists who think that Russia has us over a barrel, as one diplomat punningly puts it.

正如一名外交官一语双关地指出的那样，一大批宿命论者认为俄罗斯“使我们处于困境”。

3·Because the USA is nearly bankrupt and the Chinese have them over a barrel.

因为美国和中国已接近破产装桶。

4·I had to comply; she knew about my indiscretion and she had me over a barrel.

我不得不照做，她知道我不检点之处，因此我被她控制了。

5·Yet the good times, which are based largely on the rise in the oil price under Mr Putin from $15 to over $90 a barrel, may not last.

然而，繁荣的日子也许不会再持续下去了。 这种繁荣主要是基于石油价格的提升，在普京先生掌权期间，石油价格从每桶15美元飙升到超过90美元。

6·Average extractions costs there will increase from just over $12 a barrel in 2011 to more than $15 in 2035, as production increases by more than 17m b/d.

随着每天增加1700万桶产量，平均炼油成本从2011年的12美元每桶上升到2035年的超过15美元每桶。

7·Oil prices have been volatile over the past year, peaking at an all-time record of more than $147 a barrel a year ago, plunging to below $40 in December and recovering to more than $70 last month.

过去的一年油价反复无常，一年前最高创下了超过147元/桶的纪录，在12月又下降到低于40美元/桶，上个月恢复到超过70美元/桶。

8·Venezuela’s oil currently fetches below $40 a barrel, down from an average of about $90 last year. Oil accounted for over 90% of Venezuela’s exports last year, up from 64% in 1998.

委内瑞拉石油去年售价大约为每桶90美元，现在则降到了每桶低于40美元。

9·At full reach and without dropping your elbow, feel like you are tipping your finger-tips over the front of a barrel (again flexing at the wrist), which will start the catch.

在完全前够并且没有沉肘的时候，感觉好像你把你手指点到了一只枪管的前段（再收一点手腕），这就是抓水的开始。

10·Thee EIA forecast that crude oil prices would exceed $80 per barrel over the next several months and trade above $75 a barrel in 2008 as global oil markets will likely remain stretched.

能源情报署预测原油价格“在未来数月内将超过每桶80美元”，在2008年将维持在每桶75美元以上，因为“全球原油市场可能仍将处于紧张状态。”