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coal

英 [kəʊl] 美[kol]
  • vi. 上煤;加煤
  • vt. 给…加煤;把…烧成炭
  • n. 煤;煤块;木炭

考试真题


It's commonly known that certain diseases are linked with occupations like lung disease in coal miners.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Decades of working over coal fires in tight, closed spaces with little fresh airto ensure his dishes would not get col had fatally damaged his lungs.

2018年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

There are still some public lands that contain oil, coal and other natural resources.

2016年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

This is similar to what's happening in the coal and oil industries, a situation that fuels much of the current political discontent in this county.

2018年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

Unfortunately, the current low prices for oil, gas, and coal may provide little incentive for research to find even cheaper substitutes for those fuels.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

The prices of coal are low as a result of over-supply and decreasing demand.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Renewables account for only a small share of global primary energy consumption, which is still dominated by fossil fuels—30% each for coal and oil, 25% for natural gas.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Natural gas and coal—also fossil fuels—have similarly seen price declines that look to be long-lived.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Coal prices also are low, owing to over-supply and the scaling-down of demand, especially from China, which burns half of the world's coal.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Coal and natural gas are mainly used for electricity generation, whereas oil is used mostly to power transportation, yet the prices of all these energy sources are linked.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

The treaty banning mining here, shielding 116 coveted ( ' , 令人垂涎的) reserves of iron ore, coal and chromium, comes up for review in 2048.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Whether it is a transition from imported to domestic oil or from coal-powered electricity production to natural-gas power plants, politicians love to talk big.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

When you hear people speaking of making a rapid transition toward any type of energy, whether it is a switch from coal to nuclear power, or a switch from gasoline-powered cars to electric cars, or even a switch from an incandescent to a fluorescent light, understanding energy system inertia and momentum can help you decide whether their plans are feasible.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Some coal power plants in the United States have operated for more than 70 years! The oldest continuously operated commercial hydro-electric plant in the United States is on New York's Hudson River, and it went into commercial service in 1898.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

It is one thing to say that we are going to shift 30 percent of our electricity supply from, say, coal to nuclear power in 20 years.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

That’s energy in all forms--oil, gas, coal, nuclear, solar and even wind power.

出自-2015年12月听力原文

Dakota Gasification of North Dakota captures CO2 at a plant that converts coal into synthetic natural gas.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

Some propose storing the CO2 in coal mines or liquid storage in the ocean, Shell favors storing CO2 in deep geological structures such as saline(盐的) formations and exhausted oil and gas fields that exist throughout the world

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

Lending is the coal to our engine, so we want to make more loans.

2016年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

The treaty banning mining here, shielding coveted reserves of iron ore, coal and chromium, comes up for review in 2048.

2016年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

When you hear people speaking of making a rapid transition toward any type of energy, whether it is a switch from coal to nuclear power, or a switch from gasoline -powered cars to electric cars, or even a switch from an incandescent to a fluorescent light

2015年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

President Trump has underlined fossil fuels – especially coal – as the path to economic growth.

2018年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

While fossil fuels – coal, oil, gas – still generate roughly 85 percent of the world's energy supply, it's clearer than ever that the future belongs to renewable sources such as wind and solar.

2018年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ