9月2日，在外交部例行记者会上，针对欧洲多国因制裁俄罗斯而面临能源短缺，不得不高价购买美国天然气一事，外交部发言人赵立坚评论称，美国能源商割起了自己盟友国家的“韭菜”。

那么，“割韭菜”该怎么翻译呢？来看外交部给出的译文↓

记者：近期，欧洲多国因制裁俄罗斯而面临能源短缺，不得不远涉重洋高价购买美国天然气。有欧洲媒体评论称，美国正在伪装成救世主的样子，通过向欧洲国家出售天然气攫取巨额利润。中方对此有何评论？

Recently, many European countries have faced energy shortages due to sanctions against Russia and have to import natural gas from the US across the ocean at high prices. Some European media have commented that the US is posing as the savior while making huge profits by selling gas to European countries. What is your comment? 

赵立坚：乌克兰危机全面升级已延宕半年有余，事实再次证明，美西方单边制裁解决不了问题，相反，其外溢和反噬效应正如滚雪球般不断叠加蔓延。

Half a year on since the Ukraine crisis fully escalated, it’s been proven once again that US and other Western unilateral sanctions do not solve the problem. Moreover, these sanctions have spilled over and backfired, generating an impact that has kept snowballing and spreading.

我注意到有报道称，目前欧美市场天然气价格之差已达创纪录的10倍之多，美国商业内幕网披露的数据显示，美国公司每一艘驶往欧洲的液化天然气(LNG)船可赚取超1亿美元的暴利。

I noticed reports saying that the prices of natural gas in Europe are more than 10 times their level in the US, a record-breaking gap. US companies are making more than $100 million on every liquefied natural gas shipment to Europe, according to figures disclosed by Business Insider.

很显然，在美国军火商、粮食商纷纷借乌克兰危机大发战争财之际，美国能源商也没有掉队，割起了自己盟友国家的“韭菜”。

Apparently, just like the arms and grains dealers, energy traders in the US are certainly not going to miss this opportunity to turn the crisis into a gold mine, as they make exorbitant profits off the US’s allies. 

exorbitant /ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt/  过高的；高得离谱的

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然而，欧洲老百姓要面对的却是电费价格飙涨、取暖温度降低、甚至有组织停电等考验。

Meanwhile, ordinary Europeans are paying the price - soaring electricity bills, lower heating temperatures and even organized blackouts.

难怪英国前议员加洛韦说，“正如美国准备好让乌克兰战斗到最后一滴血，最终，它也准备好让欧洲流尽最后一滴血”。

No wonder George Galloway, a former British MP, said that the US “is ready to fight to the last drop of Ukrainian blood, in the end, it’s prepared to fight to the last drop of European blood”. 

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