英語六級(jí)攻克閱讀關(guān)鍵句254. Even in Western Europe, with fuel prices

254. Even in Western Europe, with fuel prices averaging more than $1 a liter (about $4 a gallon) and with easily accessible mass transit and dense populations, cars still account for 80 percent of all passenger travel.

譯文　在西歐，燃料的平均價(jià)格每升已超過1美元，即每加侖已超過4美元，此外，這里公共交通條件便利、人口密集，但即便如此，使用私家車的人數(shù)仍為總出行人數(shù)的80％。

點(diǎn)睛　本句的主干是...cars account for 80 percent of all passenger travel。in Western Europe為地點(diǎn)狀語；with...and dense populations在句中作伴隨狀語；其中，averaging more than $1 a liter修飾fuel prices。

fuel意為“燃料”。liter和gallon分別意為“升”和“加侖”，它們都是容積單位。

accessible意為“可接近的；可進(jìn)入的”。如：

Medicine should not be kept where it is accessible to children. 藥品不應(yīng)放在兒童能夠到的地方。

transit意為“運(yùn)輸”。如：

The goods were lost in transit. 這些貨物在運(yùn)輸途中丟失了。

考點(diǎn)歸納　本句中的account for為固定短語，意為“（在數(shù)量方面）占”。此外，與account有關(guān)的短語還有：

on account of 意為“因?yàn)?，由于”。如?

On account of his extravagance he was plunged into heavy debt. 由于揮霍浪費(fèi)，他負(fù)債累累。

take...into account意為“考慮”。如：

She did not take into account how much liberty she was securing. 她并沒有考慮自己已獲得了多少自由。

by all accounts意為“大家一致認(rèn)為，根據(jù)各方面所說”。如：

I've never been to that country but it is, by all accounts, a lovely place. 我從來沒有去過那個(gè)國家，不過大家都說那地方不錯(cuò)。

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