oil patch

基本解释

Recall the Texas oil patch, circa 1983, as Paul Volcker's Fed corrected the inflation of the 1970s.
廻想一下得尅薩斯油田，大概在1983年，儅時Paul Volcker領導的美聯儲矯正1970年代的通貨膨脹。
A five-year energy boom here in the administrative heart of Canada’s oil patch and in the tar sands far to the north has ended.
一場因爲能源而帶來的、爲時五年、位於加拿大油田行政中心和以北的油砂地區的繁榮，已經終結。
Just as likely, the bag's journey to the checkout counter from its birthplace in a Middle Eastern oil patch will have been shepherded by a Japanese trading company, Mitsubishi.
同樣有可能的是，塑料袋從中東某油田的誕生地長途跋涉到收銀台的旅程，是在日本貿易公司三菱(Mitsubishi)的操作下完成的。
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