A simplified answer is that he will keep the oil in the ground if its price is expected to rise faster than the interest rate that could be earned on the money obtained from selling the oil.

简单的说，如果产油商估计油价涨幅高于售油所得资金的利息，那么他们就情愿将石油留在地下以待日后开采。

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Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded the first phase of a ＄30 million firm-fixed price U.S. Air Force contract to develop a global space surveillance ground radar system.

诺斯罗普·格鲁曼公司已经获得了美国空军第一阶段价值3000万美元的合同，以研发全球空间监视地面雷达系统。

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Congress banned onion futures in the 1950s on the ground that speculators were driving the price of the vegetable.

由于投机者操纵蔬菜价格，国会于20世纪50年代禁止了洋葱期货的交易。

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it's price points are, you know, middle of the ground, I guess.

我们的零售价也是中等水平。

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