今年早些时候由美国和以色列发起的针对伊朗的战争导致全球能源价格飙升，而伊朗在3月份关闭霍尔木兹海峡更是加剧了这种对全球经济的压力。
The war against Iran, launched earlier this year by the United States and Israel, has caused a spike in energy prices around the world, and this strain on the global economy was exacerbated by Iran shutting down the Strait of Hormuz in March.
然而据一些估计，最近每天通过该海峡的石油量已回升至一千万桶（战前这一数字至少为每天一千万六百万桶）。
Recently, however, the amount of oil passing through the strait every day has climbed back up to ten million barrels, according to some estimates. (Before the war, the figure was at least sixteen million barrels per day.)
这一增长让一些分析人士认为，美国及其盟友已经成功克服了伊朗在该冲突中最大的地缘政治筹码。
This increase has led some analysts to suggest that America and its allies have managed to overcome Iran’s greatest leverage point in the conflict.
但这反过来又引发了另一项担忧：伊朗可能会因绝望而开始袭击该地区的其他能源目标。
But this, in turn, has led to another concern: that Iran will, in desperation, begin attacking other energy targets in the region.