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Four of the world's major cities want to nix diesel cars by 2025.

全球四大主要城市希望到2025年禁止使用柴油汽车。

It's part of a plan the mayors of Paris, Madrid, Mexico City and Athens, Greece, have to cut pollution in their respective cities.

这是计划的一部分，巴黎、马德里、墨西哥和希腊雅典的市长必须在各自城市减少污染。

Diesel vehicles contribute 15 times more emissions to the environment than gasoline-powered vehicles.

柴油汽车对环境的排放量比汽油动力汽车多15倍。

The burning of fossil fuels is a large contributor to climate change. It also contributes to outdoor air pollution, which health officials have linked to around 3 million deaths per year.

化石燃料的燃烧是气候变化的重要因素。它也有助于室外空气污染，卫生官员称每年大约300万人的死亡与此有关。

This move is just the latest in a series of efforts to battle pollution — Madrid and Paris have both temporarily restricted the number of cars on the road to fight air pollution before.

这是对抗污染的最新系列举措，马德里和巴黎都暂时限制道路上汽车的数量来对抗空气污染。

Now, the four cities are urging bus and car manufacturers to join that fight.

现在，四个城市都在敦促巴士和汽车制造商加入这一战斗。

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词汇解析

1、contribute

(为…)做贡献

The three sons also contribute to the family business.

这3个儿子也为家族事业做出了贡献。

I believe that each of us can contribute to the future of the world.

我相信我们每一个人都能够对世界的未来有所贡献。

促成;促使；是导致…的原因之一

The report says design faults in both the vessels contributed to the tragedy.

报告说两艘船存在的设计缺陷也促成了这场悲剧的发生。

Stress, both human and mechanical, may also be a contributing factor.

来自人的和机械方面的压力可能也是一个因素。

(为报刊、书籍等)撰稿

I was asked to contribute to a newspaper article making predictions for the new year.

我受邀为报纸撰写一篇文章，对新的一年进行预测。

Frank Deford is a contributing editor for Vanity Fair magazine.

弗兰克·德福特是杂志《名利场》的特约编辑。

2、restrict

限制，限定（大小、规模等）

There is talk of raising the admission requirements to restrict the number of students on campus.

有传闻称将通过提高录取条件来限制在校学生的数目。

The French, I believe, restrict Japanese imports to a maximum of 3 per cent of their market.

我认为，法国将把从日本的最高进口量限制在其市场总量的3％。

约束，限制(活动或行为)

Villagers say the fence would restrict public access to the hills.

村民们说架篱笆能限制公众进山。

The government imprisoned dissidents, forbade travel, and restricted the press.

政府囚禁了持不同政见者，禁止出游，并且限制了新闻自由。

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