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

他们用石油元购买游艇和水晶香槟，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，裁确实减少石油元的流入。

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.

沙特阿拉伯最近结束国持续50年的石油元协议，这有可能削弱元的地位。

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

近日， 沙特阿拉伯结束国长达50年的石油元协议，这有可能削弱元的地位。

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，于是发放石油元，以免费住房和无息贷款来缓解挥之不去的忧虑。