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中文

石油行业对需求何时见顶意见不一，荷兰皇家壳牌公司表示可能只要十年多一点的时间。而远在需求见顶之前，石油价格就会受到影响。

术语补充：
荷兰皇家壳牌公司 Royal Dutch Shell

我的译文

People in the petroleum industry have different views about when the demand is going to peak. Royal Dutch Shell argues that it will only be a little more than a decade, but before that, the oil prices will also be affected.

经济学人原文

The oil industry is divided about when to expect peak demand; Royal Dutch Shell says that it could be little more than a decade away. The prospect will weigh on prices long before then.

📌用词比较

👉divided

adj. (of a group or an organization团体或组织) split by disagreements or different opinions分裂的；有分歧的

The government is divided on this issue.政府在这个问题上意见不统一。

a deeply divided society四分五裂的社会

The regime is profoundly divided against itself.这一政体内部彻底分裂了。

原来divided还可以这么用，技能get✔️

造句：The club is divided about whether to get him in. 

👉away

[ADV: be amount ADV] You use away to talk about future events. For example, if an event is a week away, it will happen after a week.

//...the Washington summit, now only just over two weeks away...

Peace it seemed might at last be no more than a few months away.

👉weigh on sb/ sth

to make sb anxious or worried加重…的思想负担；使焦虑不安；使担忧

The responsibilities weigh heavily on him.他肩负重任，寝食不安。Something was weighing on her mind.她心事重重。

新表达get✔️，介词on用得也棒棒的，on表示「在某个表面」上，这个weigh的力作用在了prices上，很有画面感。