They get caught in trees (hence the epithet "Witches' Knickers"), take hundreds of years to decompose and push up demand for oil, used to make plastics.

它们挂在枝头（由此而得“巫婆的灯笼裤”之名），需要数百年才能分解，它们助长石油需求，正是石油用于制造塑料。

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And quite right, too. They get caught in trees (hence the epithet "Witches' Knickers"), take hundreds of years to decompose and push up demand for oil, used to make plastics.

塑料袋的确危害很大，它们挂在枝头(由此而得“巫婆的灯笼裤”之名)，需要数百年才能分解，它们助长石油需求，正是石油用于制造塑料。

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If Libya's oil stopped flowing importers would look to Saudi Arabia to make up the shortfall.

倘若利比亚的石油停产，进口商们将把沙特作为寻求供给短缺的国家。

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