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.

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。

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It's about reducing your consumption however that is appropriate for you, and there are lots of small ways people can do that which will benefit themselves and the environment, like car sharing.

但是，减少点消费总是好的，有很多小事情有利于你自己，也有利于我们的环境，比如，让别人搭便车。

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The original main motivation for the project was the need for a light-weight environment for consumption and adaptation of our SAP application platform.

这个项目最初的动机是需要一个轻量级的环境来支持我们的SAP应用平台。

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The weaker environment for consumption weighed on earnings hopes crushing stock prices along the way.

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As they do, and as the consumption side of the Chinese economy grows in importance, a more fertile environment for the development of creative companies will be created.

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