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fuel for [sth]
作不可数名词，常用fuel for sth表示'用作…的燃料'。
Gasoline is a common fuel for cars.
汽油是汽车的常用燃料。
燃料
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
燃料
a substance that can be consumed to produce energy
Gasoline is a common fuel for cars.
汽油是汽车的常用燃料。
通过燃烧、化学反应或核反应消耗以提供能量的物质。
Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
可消耗以产生能量的物质
a substance that can be consumed to produce energy
为生物体提供营养的物质；食物。
Substance that provides nourishment for a living organism; food.
刺激、鼓励或维持某种行动的事物。
Something that stimulates, encourages or maintains an action.
Cars need fuel to run.
汽车需要燃料才能行驶。
AI contextual example
The price of fuel has gone up again.
燃料价格又上涨了。
AI contextual example
We stopped at a gas station to buy fuel for the trip.
我们在加油站停下来为旅途购买燃料。
AI contextual example
more fuel is needed during the winter months
冬季需要更多的燃料
WordNet
作不可数名词，常用fuel for sth表示'用作…的燃料'。
Gasoline is a common fuel for cars.
汽油是汽车的常用燃料。
作及物动词，表示'给…提供燃料'或'刺激，加剧'。
The scandal fueled rumors about the company.
这桩丑闻加剧了关于该公司的谣言。
非正式用法，意为'加油'（给车辆等加燃料）。
We stopped to fuel up at the gas station.
我们在加油站停下来加油。
Not this
We need fuels for the engine.
Use this
We need fuel for the engine.
Fuel通常为不可数名词，表示燃料的总称，不需要加复数。使用“fuels”会暗示多种燃料，但一般语境下应使用单数形式。
Not this
He fueled the car yesterday.
Use this
He fuelled the car yesterday.
根据英式英语规范，“fuel”的过去式和过去分词应双写“l”写成“fuelled”，而“fueled”是美式拼写。在英式英语中应使用“fuelled”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
化石燃料
Many countries are reducing their use of fossil fuels.
许多国家正在减少对化石燃料的使用。
火上浇油
His comments only added fuel to the fire.
他的评论只是火上浇油。
火上浇油
The politician's speech added fuel to the flames of controversy.
那位政客的演讲给争议火上浇油。
煽风点火
The new evidence fueled the fire of the investigation.
新证据给调查煽风点火。
给我燃料，给我火焰，给我渴望的一切
The rocket needs a lot of fuel to launch.
火箭需要大量燃料才能发射。
Use fuel naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象'fuel'发音像'富油'，富有的油就是燃料。
register: neutral; contexts: 加油站, 汽车, 工业, 家庭; note: 名词词性，表示提供能量的物质，多用于日常和技术场合。
fuel作名词时通常不可数，但可指不同种类的燃料（如 oils and gases are fuels）；作动词时常用及物（fuel the car），过去式和过去分词为fuelled，现在分词为fuelling。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.