Price caps help the poor afford necessities of life; price floors prop up the livelihoods of farmers.

价格上限帮助穷人购买生活必需品；最低价格支撑着农民的生计。

Price caps help voters, but do so inefficiently and reduce the incentive to cut energy use.

设定价格上限是能帮助到选民，但效率很低，而且还会降低人们减少能源消耗的积极性。

In Britain the energy regulator lifted the price cap on bills by 80%.

在英国，能源监管机构将账单的价格上限提高了80%。

Another option is a halfway house between a price cap and a transfer.

另一种选择是设定价格上限和申请现金转移之间的折中方案。

The European Union's outline plans to introduce a price cap on Russian gas.

欧盟制定的大纲计划对俄罗斯天然气实行价格上限。

The price cap is the highest amount that gas suppliers can charge for a unit of energy.

价格上限指的是天然气供应商对一单位能源可以收取的最高费用。

The French government made it foot the bill earlier this year for its price caps on electricity bills.

法国政府今年早些时候让它为其电费价格上限埋单。

Since the G7 imposed a $60 price cap on Russian oil in December, the value of exports has slumped.

自去年12月七国集团对俄罗斯石油实施60美元的价格上限以来，俄罗斯的出口额大幅下降。

If Europe's politicians are serious about cutting gas use, they should heed the latest research and avoid price caps.

如果欧洲的政客们真的想减少天然气消耗，他们应该听从最新研究的建议，避免设定价格上限。

Meantime, Russia says it will cut off energy supplies to the E. U. if the price cap is imposed.

同时，俄罗斯表示，如果实施价格上限，将切断对欧盟的能源供应。

The insulin price cap for Medicare patients remained untouched in the bill, with the potential to help millions of seniors.

参保患者的胰岛素价格上限仍未在法案中得到修改，这可能会帮助数百万老年人。

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the E. U. is set to propose a price cap on Russian gas.

欧盟委员会主席乌苏拉·冯德莱恩表示，欧盟将提议对俄罗斯天然气设置价格上限。

The European Union has proposed new sanctions against Russia, including tighter trade restrictions, more individual black listing and an oil price cap.

欧盟提出了对俄罗斯的新制裁，包括更严格的贸易限制，增加个人黑名单，对油限价。

The issues causing friction include defense, a price cap for gas, and Berlin's $200 billion energy support plan for businesses and households.

引发摩擦的问题包括国防、天然气价格上限，以及柏林为企业和家庭提供的2000亿美元能源支持计划。

The best deal in town has been the energy price cap tariff.

镇上最好的交易是能源价格上限关税。

Some measures—such as price caps on gas and district heating, introduced in July—are wasteful.

一些措施——例如 7 月份推出的天然气和区域供暖价格上限——是浪费的。

Remember back in December, G7 countries introduced a price cap for Russian oil at $60 a barrel.

记得去年 12 月， G7 国家将俄罗斯石油的价格上限定为每桶 60 美元。

As we went to press the level of this " price cap" was still being debated among Europeans.

在我们发稿时，欧洲人仍在争论这个“价格上限”的水平。

Price caps don't cap your bills below a certain levels.

价格上限不会将您的账单限制在特定水平以下。

Like the EU, Switzerland put a $60 price cap on barrels of Russian oil after the Ukrainian invasion.

与欧盟一样， 瑞士在乌克兰入侵后对俄罗斯石油桶的价格设定了 60 美元上限。