Federal mandates for corn-based ethanol soaked up 30 percent of the 2008 U. S. crop, helping send corn prices over eight dollars a bushel last year-triple the 2005 price.

由于联邦政府政策用于玉米乙醇的玉米要占2008年美国产量的30%，去年玉米价格差点达到每蒲式尔8美元，那是2005年价格的3倍。

The excess liquidity was soaked up by the stock market, which gave the appearance of economic growth.

过剩的流动性被股市所吸收而上升，表面上出现了经济增长。

About a third of carbon emissions is soaked up by the world「s oceans, where it combines with seawater to form carbonic acid.

全球各地所有排放出的二氧化碳，其中有大约三分之一都被海洋吸收了；二氧化碳和海水综合以后，形成碳酸。

About one-third of the CO2 released into the air by humans each year is soaked up by the oceans.

每年，海洋大约会吸收大气中人类释放的三分之一二氧化碳。

The coffin must have soaked up a lot of water and we could see water dripping from the coffin when it was moved out. It took 15 men to move the coffin.

我们共用了十五个人才把棺木升起并移出﹔移出之际﹐还可以见到水尚不停的从棺木流泻出来。

The ground soaked up the rain.

地面吸干了雨水。

The carpet soaked up the blood.

地毯把血吸干了。

For a water manager, the only time water is consumed is when it evaporates into the air or is soaked up by plants and then turned into water vapor (transpiration).

对水源管理者来说，只有在水通过物理蒸发变成空气的一部分，或者被植物吸收并且转变为水蒸气形式(蒸腾作用)的时候，才被消耗了。

But in Paris he dropped his medical studies and enrolled at the Conservatoire, and for the next few years soaked up as much music, drama and literature as he could manage.

但是在巴黎，他放弃了学医，进了音乐学院，并在随后几年里，他千方百计地大量吸取音乐、戏剧和文学方面的知识。

Tones of the Sou are tones that have been soaked up from people」s hearts and those from Nature.

筝的声音就是那些沉浸在人们心底的声音，那些源于自然之音。

Meanwhile, selling as part of the looming annual commodity index reweightings is being soaked up in the renewed environment of rising risk appetite.

与此同时，市场风险偏好再起，因商品指数年度权重调整在即而引发的卖盘已被市场吸收。

For years, China soaked up much of the world「s investment money, as the economy grew at annual rates in the double digits.

多年来，中国吸纳了全球投资的很大一部分，其经济保持着两位数的年增长率。

The ground squelches and sinks as it bears my weight , having soaked up plenty.

吸饱雨水的地面，承受着我的体重微微下陷。

For the last eight days we have been tourists again. We have eaten fabulous food, soaked up sunshine, and gone sightseeing - without changing our accommodation.

在过去的八天里我们重新成为游客：品尝美食、沐浴阳光，还四处去观光，我们的住处一直没有变动过。

Ann soaked up the water on the floor with a mop.

小安用拖把将地板上的水吸干。

He stayed in the control rooms and soaked up whatever he could until they asked him to leave.

他总是尽量呆在控制室里，潜心学习，直到他们让他离开。

There」s no way around it: Fried foods contain a lot of fat. In the process of frying, the oil gets soaked up like a sponge.

要想做出健康的油炸食品，那可真是无能为力，因为在油炸的过程中，食物就像海绵一样，把油质全都吸进了「肚」里。

They can transfer the information they've soaked up from one situation to another.

他们能把一种情境下所吸取的信息转化到另一情境下。