各关键州的燃油价格存在差异，这些州预计将决定参议院的控制权。
Fuel prices vary across the states expected to determine control of the Senate.
随着可负担性仍是选民最关心的问题，驾驶员们继续承受高昂的汽油价格。
Drivers continue to weather high gas prices as affordability remains a top concern for voters.
美国汽车协会（AAA）数据显示，全国汽油平均价格为每加仑4.14美元，自2月伊朗战争爆发以来上涨了1.16美元，涨幅达38%。
The national average price of a gallon of gas stands at $4.14, marking an increase of $1.16, or 38%, since the outbreak of the Iran war in February, AAA data showed.
然而，全国各地价格各异，这意味着在预计将决定国会控制权的关键州，燃油成本也不尽相同。
Prices vary across the country, however, meaning fuel costs differ in the key states expected to determine control of Congress.
除去被归类为稳红或稳蓝的参议院竞选，美国广播公司（ABC News）列出了16个竞争程度不一的州的竞选情况：阿拉斯加、爱荷华、堪萨斯、缅因、密歇根、俄亥俄、得克萨斯、内布拉斯加、南卡罗来纳、明尼苏达、新罕布什尔、佐治亚、北卡罗来纳、佛罗里达、路易斯安那和密西西比。
Excluding Senate races classified as solidly red or blue, ABC News lists races of varying levels of competitiveness in 16 states: Alaska, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Nebraska, South Carolina, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi.
AAA数据显示，在这些州中，有11个州的汽油价格低于全国平均水平。
Among those states, 11 have gas prices below the national average, AAA data shows.
在这16个州中，阿拉斯加的汽油价格最高，平均每加仑4.75美元。相比之下，该组中汽油价格最低的是北卡罗来纳州，平均每加仑3.38美元，AAA数据显示。
The state with the highest gas prices among the set of 16 is Alaska, which features an average price of $4.75 a gallon. By contrast, the state among that group with the lowest gas prices is North Carolina, where the average price of a gallon is $3.38, AAA data shows.
尽管价格各异，但这16个州在过去一年里汽油价格均出现显著上涨，这在很大程度上是由于伊朗战争引发的石油供应短缺所致。
While their prices differ, each of the 16 states has experienced a notable increase in gasoline prices over the last year, due in large part to an oil supply shortage set off by the Iran war.
AAA数据显示，在这些州中，北卡罗来纳州过去一年汽油价格涨幅最小，平均价格上涨了23%。
The smallest change in prices among those states over the past year took hold in North Carolina, where the average price of gas jumped 23%, AAA data showed.
在涨幅最大的密歇根州，平均价格比一年前飙升了50%以上。据AAA统计，这16个州中有10个州的汽油价格在过去一年里上涨了至少40%。
In Michigan, the state with the largest change, the average price soared more than 50% compared to a year earlier. Ten of the 16 states saw a rise in gas prices of at least 40% over the past year, according to AAA.
虽然全国汽油价格仍居高不下，但过去一周油价下跌有助于缓解加油站成本，GasBuddy石油分析师帕特里克·德·汉周一对美国广播公司表示。
While gas prices nationwide remain elevated, a decline in oil prices over the past week has helped ease costs at the pump, Patrick De Haan, petroleum analyst at GasBuddy, told ABC News on Monday.
油价跌势周一延续，作为美国交易基准的西德克萨斯中质原油（WTI）期货价格报每桶约96.30美元。该数字标志着周一跌幅近8%。截至周二上午，美国油价基本持平。
The drop in oil prices continued on Monday as the West Texas Intermediate futures price, a benchmark index for U.S. trading, registered at about $96.30 a barrel. That figure marked a decline of nearly 8% on Monday. As of Tuesday morning, U.S. oil prices remained essentially unchanged.
德汉表示，除了近期油价下跌外，季节性波动也为秋季驾驶者带来了价格缓解。随着家庭结束暑期假期返家，恢复上下班和上学通勤等日常驾驶，出行放缓缓解了对汽油的需求。德汉说：“这为今夏早些时候以来最大降幅之一打开了大门。”
In addition to the recent drop in oil prices, seasonal fluctuations have provided price relief for drivers in the fall, De Haan said. A slowdown in travel has eased demand for gas as families have returned from summer vacation and resumed routine driving associated with work and school commutes. "That's opened the door for one of the biggest declines since earlier this summer," De Haan said.
美国汽车协会（AAA）数据显示，全国平均油价在过去一周下跌了12美分。
The national average price has dropped 12 cents over the past week, AAA data shows.
在16个拥有激烈参议院竞选的州中，有6个州的汽油价格在过去一周下跌了至少10美分。
Gas prices have fallen at least 10 cents over the past week in six of the 16 states that play host to a contested Senate race.
AAA数据显示，密歇根州平均汽油价格在过去一周下跌了30美分。俄亥俄州同期下跌29美分，爱荷华州下跌18美分。
In Michigan, the average price of a gallon of gas has dropped 30 cents over the past week, AAA data shows. Gas prices have dropped 29 cents in Ohio over that period, while prices in Iowa have experienced a decline of 18 cents.
德汉表示，即使有了最近的缓解，汽油价格仍远高于一年前的水平。德汉补充说：“汽油和柴油价格仍处于非常高的水平。”
Even after the recent relief, gas prices have stayed well above their level a year ago, De Haan said. "Gas prices and diesel are still very elevated," De Haan added.