Standard measurements of blood pressure are an important but crude way of assessing the risk of heart disease or strokes.

标准的血压测量是评估心脏病或中风风险的一种重要却粗略的方法。

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A thousand tons of crude oil has spilled into the sea from an oil tanker.

1000吨原油从油轮泄漏到了海里。

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But Baghdad officials say Iraq — suffering from a cash crunch due to faltering oil production and lower global crude prices — has an interest in making BP's entry into Iraq smooth.

但巴格达官员说，伊拉克有必要确保英国石油顺利进入该国。由于石油产量下降和国际原油价格走低，伊拉克面临着现金不足的难题。

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In one of the outtakes from Crude, an activist asks Donziger, with cameras whirring, whether anybody could subpoena the tapes of their conversation.

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Banks around the world that held crude as an investment seem to have liquidated some of their positions en masse Tuesday, sending the price of the commodity plunging, but probably not for long.

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As a result, the supply of crude oil hit an all-time record high last year.

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