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年代历创伤感到内疚，于是发放石油美元，以免费住房和无息贷款来缓解挥。

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和水晶香槟，他们挥霍行为让西方人惊叹已。

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前，我们显然是成为世界储备货币首选。