Earlier this year, bidders vying for a 1974 oil set a new record of $8.36 million at auction.

今年早些时候，买家在拍卖会上出价836万美元拍下了一幅创作于1974年的油画，创造了新的纪录。

youdao

The man behind Standard Oil set the mold for our tycoons-first by making money, then by giving it away.

男子背后一套标准模具的石油巨子-先赚钱，然后给带走。

youdao

Top the oil up before you set off.

出发前加满油。

《牛津词典》

One day,his sister,Clara, spilled oil on her dress and accidentally set herself on fire.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

I set up a theoretical framework here ... and I wanted to give you-- I mentioned oil because it seems to make it, to me, so clear what we're talking about here.

我建立了个理论框架,然后我想讲给你们听-,我之前提到石油是因为它适用于这个框架，非常清晰阐述我们所谈到的内容。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

We stop at the mouth of an inlet where an oil boom should have been set.

VOA: standard.2010.05.09

And of course it didn't help that oil set a new high with its largest single-day gain, putting further pressure on consumers who are already sweating record gas prices.

FORBES: Woe For WaMu

Such gratitude is not, of course, due the Saudis - who, we are endlessly told, are among our most reliable "friends" in the Middle East - because they are working to drive down the price of oil set by the OPEC racketeers' cartel.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Friends like these

Stocks fell sharply in Asia and Europe, and oil prices set fresh records in Asian trading.

NPR: JP Morgan Snaps Up Bear Stearns for $2 a Share