There is no question that the United States imports a great deal of energy and, in fact, relies on that steady flow to maintain its economy.
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When that flow is interrupted, we feel the pain in short supplies and higher prices, At the same time, we derive massive economic benefits when we buy the most affordable energy on the world market and when we engage in energy trade around the world
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In the next couple of years the businesses that thrive will be those that are tight with costs, careful of debt, cautious with cash flow and extremely attentive to what customers want.
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By 1973, domestic US sources of oil were peaking, and the nation was importing more of its oil, depending on a constant flow from abroad to keep cars on the road and machines running.
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Instead of protecting speech and encouraging diversity and innovative thinking, the tenure system often stifles(压制)them: younger professors must win the approval of established colleagues for tenure, encouraging like-mindedness and sometimes inhibiting the free flow of ideas.
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VERB
流动;流向
If a liquid, gas, or electrical current flows somewhere, it moves there steadily and continuously.
例句
A stream flowed gently down into the valley...
一条小溪潺潺流进山谷。
The current flows into electric motors that drive the wheels.
电流流向电机，电机带动轮子转动。
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VERB
(人群或事物)流动，持续移动
If a number of people or things flow from one place to another, they move there steadily in large groups, usually without stopping.
例句
Large numbers of refugees continue to flow from the troubled region into the no-man's land...
大批难民不断从骚乱地区涌入无人地带。
Troops would patrol major roads to ensure that traffic flows freely throughout the country.
军队将在主要道路巡逻以确保全国的交通通畅。
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VERB
(信息)传播，流传;(资金)流通
If information or money flows somewhere, it moves freely between people or organizations.
例句
A lot of this information flowed through other police departments...
大量此类信息在警察机关其他部门中流传。
An interest rate reduction is needed to get more money flowing and create jobs.
需要下调利率来推动资金流动以及创造就业机会。
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VERB
(感情)充满，洋溢
If an emotion flows through someone, they feel it very intensely, often so that other people notice it.
例句
In that moment a surge of hatred flowed through my blood...
那一刻，一股仇恨在我的血液中翻涌。
Waves of emotion flowed across his huge face.
他那张大脸上一时间表情千变万化。
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VERB
源自;由…引起
If a quality or situation flows from something, it comes from it or results naturally from it.
例句
Undesirable consequences flow from these misconceptions.
这些误解造成了不良的影响。
...the psychological effects that can flow from childhood experiences of sexual abuse.
可能由于儿时受到性侵犯而产生的心理影响
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VERB
(话语)流畅，流利
If someone's words flow, they are spoken smoothly and continuously.
例句
His words flowed more readily.
他说得更加流利了。
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VERB
(头发或衣服)垂下，飘拂
If someone's hair or clothing flows about them, it hangs freely and loosely.
例句
...a long white dress which flowed over her body.
她身上穿的一条飘逸的白色长裙
...long black flowing hair.
飘逸的黑色长发
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VERB
充满;满是;到处是
If you say that something flows or that a place flows with it, you are indicating that there is a great deal of that thing in the place.
例句
The wine flowed and we danced the night away...
我们喝了很多酒，跳了一个晚上的舞。
The square was packed, and the cobbled streets flowed with coloured petals.
广场上挤满了人，鹅卵石铺就的街道上满是五颜六色的花朵。
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PHRASE
滔滔不绝;口若悬河
Someone who is in full flow is talking easily and continuously and seems likely to go on talking for some time.
例句
He had been replying for some 40 minutes already and was still in full flow.
他已经就就此问题回答了 40 分钟左右，仍然不见有停下来的意思。
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PHRASE
(活动)如火如荼地进行;(人)全力以赴，充满激情
If you say that an activity, or the person who is performing the activity, is in full flow, you mean that the activity has started and is being carried out with a great deal of energy and enthusiasm.
例句
Lunch at Harry's Bar was in full flow when Irene made a splendid entrance...
当艾琳光彩照人地出现在门口时，哈里酒吧的午餐会正是热闹非凡。
The Everton keeper needed all his courage to thwart a charging Vinny Jones in full flow.
埃弗顿的守门员需要鼓足全部勇气才有可能抵挡住状态正佳的维尼·琼斯的冲锋射门。
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PHRASE
随波逐流;随大流
If you go with the flow, you let things happen or let other people tell you what to do, rather than trying to control what happens yourself.
例句
There's nothing I can do about the problem, so I might as well go with the flow.
关于这个问题我无能为力，所以我不如就顺其自然好了。
Noun
1. the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
2. the amount of fluid that flows in a given time
3. the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
4. any uninterrupted stream or discharge
5. something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously;
"a stream of people emptied from the terminal""the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors"6. dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas;
"two streams of development run through American history""stream of consciousness""the flow of thought""the current of history"7. the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause;
"the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation""a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates"the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females"--AristotleVerb
1. move or progress freely as if in a stream;
"The crowd flowed out of the stadium"2. move along, of liquids;
"Water flowed into the cave""the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"3. cause to flow;
"The artist flowed the washes on the paper"4. be abundantly present;
"The champagne flowed at the wedding"5. fall or flow in a certain way;
"This dress hangs well""Her long black hair flowed down her back"6. cover or swamp with water
7. undergo menstruation;
"She started menstruating at the age of 11"