fossil fuel

noun

1. 化石燃料（如煤或石油）
   fuel such as coal or oil, that was formed over millions of years from the remains of animals or plants

1. 矿物燃料;化石燃料
   Fossil fuel is fuel such as coal or oil that is formed from the decayed remains of plants or animals.

1. Kazakhstan possesses enormous fossil fuel reserves as well as plentiful supplies of other minerals and metals.
   哈萨克斯坦拥有丰富的地下石油储量，同时其他矿藏和金属储量也很丰富。
2. That's why we've worked with other nations to phase out fossil fuel subsidies.
   这就是为什么我们与其他国家共同努力，逐步取消化石燃料补贴的原因。
3. Petroleum is a fossil fuel.
   石油是一种化石燃料。
4. Industry and fossil fuel businesses are strongly critical of its climate change plan.
   工业和化石燃料企业都强烈抨击环保局的气候变化提案。
5. This environmental disaster makes it clear that there are costs associated with our dependency on fossil fuel.
   这个巨大的环境遭难让我们知道，我们对化石燃料的依赖是要付出代价的。
6. How long can we continue to supplement agroecosystems with energy derived from declining fossil fuel supplies?
   由于矿物燃料供应量下降，我们供应农业生态系统能量能持续多久？
7. As a substitution for fossil fuel, solid biomass fuel is a kind of clean and efficient energy which can alleviate human energy crisis and environment problems.
   固体生物质燃料是一种高效的清洁能源，可以替代化石燃料，缓解人类面临的能源危机和环境困境。
8. In this way some of the solar energy becomes trapped in rocks& hence the name fossil fuel.
   这样一些太阳能就截留在岩石中-因此命名为化石燃料。
9. Coal is a fossil fuel.
   煤是一种矿物燃料。
10. Carbon monoxide is produced when fossil fuel is incompletely burnt.
    当石化燃料燃烧不完全时便会产生一氧化碳。
11. Global warming is not a local problem, but fossil fuel spews out more than carbon dioxide.
    全球变暖固然不是一个局部问题，但化石燃料释放出的，不只是二氧化碳。
12. Crude oil and natural gas constitute types of fossil fuel known as "hydrocarbons" because these fuels contain chemical combinations of hydrogen and carbon atoms.
    原油和天然气构成了化石燃料的种类，被称为“烃类”，因为这些燃料包含碳、氢原子的化合作用。
13. The term "fossil fuel" refers to the trapped remains of plants and animals in sedimentary rock.
    所谓“化石燃料”是指在沉积岩中植物和动物的残骸。
14. A country in the throes of a fossil fuel boom will not readily welcome a message of restraint.
    一个正处于孕育化石燃料繁荣阵痛期的国家，不大会欢迎限制碳排放的信号。
15. Whether in an individual coal pit, oil, or gas field, a nation or the planet as a whole, fossil fuel reserves and production tend to follow a bell curve over time.
    无论是在个别的煤矿、石油或天然气场、一个国家或整个地球，矿物燃料储量和生产随著时间的推移，往往遵循钟形曲线。
16. Fossil fuel combustion in power plants and vehicles are China's main source of NOx discharges, while livestock farming and fertilisers are to blame for the bulk of its NH3 emissions.
    在中国，发电厂和汽车燃烧化石燃料是氮氧化物排放的主要来源，而氨的大量排放则归咎于养殖业和化肥的使用。
17. With fossil fuel prices expected to continue increasing, many people are nervous about future heating bills.
    与矿物燃料的价格预计将继续增加，很多人都是紧张今后取暖费。
18. Their "big push" will make renewable power generation more reliable, and cheaper and better able to compete with power generated by fossil fuel.
    他们的“大推进”可再生能源发电将作出更可靠，更便宜和更有效地竞争与化石燃料发电。
19. This campaign makes it that much harder to drive investments in cleaner fossil fuel technologies.
    这场运动会让投资于降低化石燃料排放的技术变得更为困难。
20. The U.S.meanwhile sits on largely untapped fossil fuel resources, including coal, natural gas and oil.
    而美国则拥有很大程度上尚未开发的化石燃料资源，包括煤，天然气和石油。
21. Tomorrow we will discuss the alternative to fossil fuel that is renewable.
    明天我们会讨论化石燃料的另一种，是可以再生的。
22. A fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes.
    一种气态的化石燃料，用于烹饪和家用暖气。
23. Because we are running out of fossil fuel, and nuclear energy has its problems.
    因为我们就要用光矿物燃料了，而核能又有它的问题。
24. We have fossil fuel on Earth.
    我们地球上有矿物燃料。
25. Chemical energy gasoline, fossil fuel can be burned, converted to heat, converted to electricity.
    化学能，汽油，矿物燃料能被燃烧，转化成热量，再转化成电。
26. Fossil fuel energy systems favoured vertical economies of scale and giant, centralised enterprises.
    化石燃料能源系统更青睐垂直规模经济和大型的集中型企业。
27. Our civilisation is based on fossil fuel.
    我们的文明是以矿物燃料为基础的。
28. Industry, transport and incomplete fossil fuel combustion are the main culprits.
    工业、交通和化石燃料的不完全燃烧是主要的元凶。这些气体会导致酸雨，它们对人体有毒，还对大气底层臭氧的形成有贡献。
29. 14. Since fossil fuel will continue to play significant role in the energy mix of this region in the medium to long term, we reaffirm the importance of clean and efficient use of fossil fuel.
    14.鉴于化石能源将继续在本地区中长期能源结构中扮演重要角色，我们重申清洁和高效利用化石能源的重大意义。

noun

1. fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content