oil patch

基本解释

Recall the Texas oil patch, circa 1983, as Paul Volcker's Fed corrected the inflation of the 1970s.
回想一下得克萨斯油田，大概在1983年，当时Paul Volcker领导的美联储矫正1970年代的通货膨胀。
A five-year energy boom here in the administrative heart of Canada’s oil patch and in the tar sands far to the north has ended.
一场因为能源而带来的、为时五年、位于加拿大油田行政中心和以北的油砂地区的繁荣，已经终结。
Just as likely, the bag's journey to the checkout counter from its birthplace in a Middle Eastern oil patch will have been shepherded by a Japanese trading company, Mitsubishi.
同样有可能的是，塑料袋从中东某油田的诞生地长途跋涉到收银台的旅程，是在日本贸易公司三菱(Mitsubishi)的操作下完成的。
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