Strategic petroleum reserve

由于颶風“伊萬”的影響，石油消耗大國美國減少了石油進口數量，再加上墨西哥灣石油生產基本停止，美國不得不動用戰略石油儲備，向巧婦難為無米之炊的煉油廠提供“石油借貸”。外電報道如下：U.S. oil prices slipped below $48 on Thursday on expectations that the United States might loan some crude to U.S. refiners from its strategic petroleum reserve after weather-related disruptions led to a big dip in supplies. Strategic petroleum reserve的意思是“戰略性石油儲備”。和reserve連用的詞組還有：uranium reserve（鈾儲量）；flexible reserve（彈性準備）；war reserve（軍需儲備品）；workable reserves（可采儲量）。 （中國日報網站編）