提高汽车燃油税最合理的理由是,燃料消耗会损害环境,从而增加交通拥堵的成本。
The most plausible justification for higher taxes on automobile fuel is that fuel consumption harms the environment and thus adds to the costs of traffic congestion.
一大群藤壶出没对船体施加的拖拽能使船的燃料消耗增加多达40%。
The drag imposed by a heavy infestation of barnacles may push a ship's fuel consumption up by as much as 40%.
全球性的对生物燃料需求的增加更多地消耗谷物产量并使价格进一步提高。
Growing global demand for biofuels is also eating up grain production, and boosting prices.
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