British Petroleum is still racing against time to build a funnel to help contain the busted oil rig which is gushing oil into the Mexican Gulf - but the energy giant is unsure whether it will work.

破损的钻油井还在向墨西哥湾泄漏原油。英国石油公司仍在争分夺秒地建造一个疏导设备来控制油井漏油，但这个能源巨头并不确定这套设备是否能解决问题。

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I do recommend getting a funnel with a flexible neck for filling with oil.

我建议得到一个漏斗与油灵活的脖子。

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He used a funnel to fill the bottle with oil.

他用漏斗往瓶子里灌油。

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In 1972, when Texaco completed construction of a pipeline to funnel oil to the Pacific coast, Ecuador instantly became the second-largest oil exporter in Latin America, after Venezuela.

NEWYORKER: Reversal of Fortune

Nigeria could funnel its oil revenues into a more efficient financial system that could provide capital to the private sector to build roads and power stations and expand private enterprises, such as farming.

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Chris Weafer, chief strategist at Alfa Bank, observes that the Kremlin is divided between the statists, who want to funnel the state oil revenue in the nation's stabilization fund to various national champions, Gazprom among them, and the liberals, who want to save the revenue for pension funds and future generations, putting it back into the banking system.

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