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keep from阻止; 免于
例句：Urgent business kept me from attending the meeting.
因有急事我不能去参加会议。

2. In order to get money from other countries to stay afloat, Greece has had to make deep cuts in government spending, what it pays government workers and how much retirement money they get.

in order to为了
例句：We started early in order to arrive before dark.
为了在天黑前到达,我们很早就动身了。

3. Oil prices are going up worldwide.

go up上升, 上涨, 提高, 增加, 增高
例句：The goods have gone up in price.
这些商品的价格已经上涨。

4. It`ll likely mean higher gas prices, and part of the reason is the action recently taken by the Middle Eastern nation of Iran.

take action采取行动, 行动起来
例句：The police had to take firm action to deal with the riots.
警方不得不采取果断行动来对付骚乱。

5. Senator Chuck Schumer of New York says the U.S. needs to take steps now to prevent the rising cost of oil from affecting gas prices.

take steps采取措施
例句：They took steps to prevent the spread of influenza.
他们采取措施阻止流感的传播。
prevent from阻止, 防止
例句：His prompt action prevented the fire from spreading.
他的果断行动制止了火势的蔓延。

6. The Saudis in the Gulf states ought to pump more oil immediately

ought to应当,应该
例句：I feel that we ought to accept his proposal.
我觉得我们应该接受他的建议。

7. It`s outrageous, but I mean, I guess it is what it is, you know, you got to just keep working harder and hopefully it`ll go down and fluctuate as it does yearly.

go down沉下; 落下; 降低
例句：Prices began to go down.
物价开始下降。

8. It called for that on Tuesday.

call for要求
例句：The letter calls for an investigation of the facts.
来信要求对这些事实进行调查。