They splurge their petrodollars on yachts and Cristal champagne, wowing Westerners with their profligacy.

他们用石油美元购买游艇香槟，他们的挥霍行为让西方人惊叹不已。

First and foremost, as you rightly said, sanctions do reduce inflow of petrodollars.

首先，正如你所说，制裁确实减少了石油美元的流入。

Because before we had the petrodollar, we were just the obvious choice to be the world's reserve currency.

因为在拥有石油美元之前，们显然是成为世界储备货币的首选。

Saudi Arabia recently ended its 50-year petrodollar deal with the U.S., which has the potential to weaken the U.S. dollar.

沙特阿拉伯最结束了与美国持续了50年的石油美元协议，这有可能削弱美元的地。

Just recently, Saudi Arabia ended its 50-year petrodollar deal with the U.S., which has the potential to weaken the U.S. dollar.

， 沙特阿拉伯结束了与美国长达50年的石油美元协议，这有可能削弱美元的地。

The state, flush with cash and repressed guilt over the traumas its citizens experienced in the 90s, handed out petrodollars to assuage lingering anxieties with free housing and interest-free loans.

国家由于现金充裕，并对其公民在90年代经历的创伤感到内疚，于是发放石油美元，以免费住房无息贷款来缓解挥之不去的忧虑。