And economic sanctions are themselves a blunt instrument that sometimes harm the people more than the rulers. Stopping oil supplies may have just that effect.

有时候经济制裁工具本身带给人民的伤害远大于对制裁者的效果，而中断原油供应恰巧可以达到上述效果。

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The oil has come within 20 miles of Louisiana’s barrier islands and beaches in this image taken by the MODIS instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite.

在这幅由NASA的卫星“Aqua”上的中分辨率成像光谱仪所拍摄的照片中，浮油已经接近到了离路易斯安娜州的堰洲岛和沙滩20英里的地方。

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When adding oil to the rope-break safety instrument, the oil shouldn't flow to the brake and seamless steel pipe.

断绳安全装置滑道加油时，油不得流入制动瓦和导轨架无缝钢管之间。

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For example: OGX was supposed to be the new Brazilian Petrobras, a state owned juggernaut that exists more as a policy instrument than as an oil and gas explorer.

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The Soviet Union has amply demonstrated just this year, its willingness to withhold oil and natural gas deliveries as an instrument of repression against Lithuania.

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The market cap of Petrobras has shed billions since she took over from what many Petrobras watchers say is nothing more than a policy instrument for Brasilia to funnel money to pet projects, rather than an actual oil company drilling below sand and rock salt in the Atlantic Ocean.

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