Energy conservation, a shift to other fuels and a decline in the importance of heavy, energy-intensive industries have reduced oil consumption.

能源储备、燃料替代以及能源密集型重工业的重要性的降低，都减少了石油消耗量。

No, we used to be on an industrial estate on the outskirts of York.

不是这样。我们过去一直在约克外面的一个工业区。

Pigeon droppings are vital to a local industry.

鸽子粪对于当地的一项工业至关重要。

The sheer size of growth is bad enough, but there are now also very disturbing signs of trouble in the comparison of percentages of people living in towns and percentages of people working in industry.

纯粹的面积增长已经很糟了。然而目前有一个堪忧的问题，针对于居住在城镇人口百分比与从事工业的人口百分比的比较。

Mostly on the account of all the industries that went on in that area.

大概是由这片土地以前发达的重工业而生出来的吧。

These vessels typically house marine industry staff.

这些船通常是海运工业人员的住所。

Autonomous underwater vehicles, or AUVs, are used in the oil industry, for instance, to create maps of the seabed before rigs and pipelines are installed.

自动的水下交通工具，或者是AUV，是在石油工业中使用的，比如说，在安装设备和管道之前先去描绘海床的地图。

Our response seems a hangover from a long pre-industrial past.

这种反应似乎是长时间未工业化的后遗症。

Some nations use English as their official language, performing the function of administration; in others it's used as an international language for business, commerce and industry.

一些家将英语用作官方语言，行驶行政管理功能。另一些家视它为商业、贸易和工业的际语言。

The strike may be averted for now, but if no official deal is reached a national railroad strike could have serious economic effects, a walkout of 60,000 workers could derail industries across the country and impact the supply chain.

罢工可能暂时得以避免，但如果不能达成正式协议，全路罢工可能会造成严重的经济影响，6万名工人的罢工可能会使全各地的工业进程受阻，并影响供应链。

Who photographed industrial architecture in Western Europe starting in the 1950s.

他们从20世纪50年代开始拍摄西欧的工业建筑。

The reimposition of American sanctions, especially on its oil and gas industry, crippled Iran's economy.

美重新实施制裁，特别是对伊朗石油和天然气工业的制裁，此举导致伊朗经济陷入瘫痪。

The centrepiece of the exposition was an enormous new monument to industrial power.

博览会的核心展品是一座展现工业实力的新建巨型纪念碑。

The fire started Wednesday morning at industrial plastics recycle outside Nashville. It's about 65% contained.

大火始于周三清晨纳什维尔市的一处工业塑料回收站。65％的火势已得到控制。

Certainly. But you should also guarantee the ownership of the patent, know-how and technology.

当然，但是你们也应该保证专利，专有技术和工业技术的所有权。

The dust in the industrial zone frustrated the industrious man.

工业区里的灰尘使勤勉的人灰心。

MatlinPatterson, a private-equity firm, bought a stake in 2010 and brought in managers who concocted an ambitious plan to sell cooling systems for commercial and industrial buildings.

私人股权公司MatlinPatterson在2011年入股并且带入了一位有雄心壮智将产品卖到商务和工业建筑中的经理。

There are plenty of small industrial enterprises.

有很多小型的工业企业。

In this respect they are like social-media platforms, which use technology to industrialise social interaction.

在这方面，它们更像是工业化的社交平台，使用技术使得社交产业化。

I'm delighted to welcome you all to the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference; and it is perhaps fitting that you have come together in Glasgow, once a heartland of the industrial revolution, but now a place to address climate change.

我很高兴欢迎大家参加第26届联合气候变化大会；你们齐聚在格拉斯哥，也许是很合适的，这里曾经是工业革命的中心地带，但现在是应对气候变化的地方。