But high oil prices are also being caused by fears that geopolitical tensions could interrupt oil flows when the world has only a slim cushion of emergency supplies.

• 但目前油价高企也是人们的忧虑所导致。人们担心,在当前世界的应急石油供应缓冲余地十分小的情况下,地缘政治的紧张态势可能会中断石油供应。