petroleum

"Petroleum" 来自拉丁语 "petra"（意为'岩石'）和 "oleum"（意为'油'）。词根 "petra" 可以在其他单词中找到，比如"petrify"（石化），"petroglyph"（岩石雕刻）。

["n. 石油"]

Petroleum engineers plan and manage the extraction of oil.

石油工程师们规划并管理石油的提炼。

If the organic material decays or is oxidized, it will not form petroleum.

如果有机物腐烂或氧化，它不会形成石油。

Environmentalists fret about the petroleum needed to make it.

环保人士对生产所需的石油感到担忧。

记住 "petroleum" 这个单词，我们可以将它分成两个部分 "petra"（石头或铁石）和 "oleum"（油），联想到从岩石中提取出的油，这样就更容易记住了。

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That means we need to find new material systemsthat are not petroleum-based.I believe that those material systems will be biological,

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