1·It was actually a tricycle with a petrol motor at the rear.
那实际上是一辆后面有汽油发动机的三轮车。
2·She put diesel fuel, instead of petrol, into the tank causing the motor to seize up.
她把柴油代替汽油灌入油箱，造成发动机失灵。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·Toyota, in contrast, relies on a more complex hybrid architecture in which both the petrol engine and the electric motor can drive the wheels.
与此形成鲜明对比的是丰田公司的做法，丰田依仗的是拥有更为复杂的混合发动机结构的引擎，它能够使汽油发动机和电动机共同驱动车辆。
4·Hybrid vehicles, such as Toyota's top-selling Prius, switch between a petrol engine and electric motor.
像丰田销量最好的普锐斯(Prius)这样的混合动力汽车，会在汽油发动机和电力马达之间切换。
5·The combination of a frugal 1.5-litre petrol engine with an electric motor provides the performance of a 2.0-litre engine but with lower fuel-consumption than a diesel.
装有省油的1.5升汽油发动机与一个电动机，Prius走起来像2.0升发动机在工作，而且比柴油发动机还省油。
6·At the moment highways are funded by a motor-fuels (ie, petrol) tax of 20 cents a gallon; a federal motor-fuels tax; and vehicle registration fees.
目前，公路修建与养护的资金一般来源于州燃油税(例如汽油)(每加仑20美分)，联邦燃油税和机车管理费。
7·Toyota Motor Corp., which has already won strong interest in its petrol-electric hybrids, is developing a range of fuel cell, electric and other clean cars that run on biofuel or clean diesel.
丰田汽车在混合燃料技术方面赢得了人们很大的兴趣，他们正在开发一系列燃料电池、电动汽车和其他清洁能源汽车，这些汽车使用生物燃料或清洁柴油。
8·Or you can buy a hybrid, which is also cleaner and meaner with petrol by using a combination of an internal-combustion engine and an electric motor.
或者，您也可以购买混合动力车，通过内燃机和电动引擎的结合使用，它油耗更少更清洁。
9·The third generation model of the car, which can be driven by its petrol engine or its electric motor, or both, will be launched next year.
以汽油发动机或电动机或两者兼有的第三代汽车将于明年上市。
10·Most of motor vehicles run on petrol.
大部分机动车的行驶以汽油作燃料。