现在所谈到的禁声令是上个月应一家名为“托克”的石油公司的要求颁布的,以阻止媒体刊登有关其将有毒废水倾入非洲小国象牙海岸的一篇报道的详细内容。
The gag in question was granted last month at the request of Trafigura, an oil firm, to prevent publication of the details of a report related to the dumping of toxic waste in Côte d’Ivoire.
利比亚是非洲最大的石油储备国,因远离海湾地区而又十分安全,并且历史上与美国诸多石油公司关系暧昧。
Libya has the largest oil reserves in Africa, safely distant from the Persian Gulf, and has historically cosy relations with American oil firms.
例如,巴西石油公司不会到非洲把石油带回巴西。
Petrobras, for example, is not going to Africa to bring back oil to Brazil.
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