Many European countries buy gas from Russia, a country that USES hydrocarbons as a weapon to bully its neighbours.
不少欧洲国家向俄罗斯购买天然气，俄罗斯用碳氢化合物作为武器威慑其邻国。
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The manipulation of gas supplies has become a weapon in this contest.
在这场争夺中，操纵燃气供应成为了一件有利武器。
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With oil, as Mr Chávez well knows for all his huffing and puffing, aiming this “weapon” is especially difficult, since oil, unlike gas, can be loaded on tankers and sold into a single world market.