Unit汽车专业英语(发动机)资料
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UNIT 2 AUTOMOTIVE ENGINE2.1 Purpose and Locations of EnginesThe purpose of an automotive engine is to supply the power needed to move the vehicle. The engine produces this power by burning fuel inside it. Because the engine burns fuel inside, or internally, the engine is known as an internal combustion engine (ICE).汽车发动机的功用是汽车行驶提供必需的动力。
发动机通过它内部的燃料燃烧来产生动力。
由于发动机在其内部燃烧燃料,所以发动机被称作内燃机。
Engines may be fueled by gasoline, propane (LPG-liquefied petroleum gas), or diesel fuel. Compressed natural gas (CNG)may also be used in some vehicles.发动机燃料可以是汽油、丙烷(液化石油汽体)或柴油。
压缩天燃气也可以用在一些车辆上。
be fueled by 通过…得到燃料Most automotive engines are located at the front of the vehicle. Many engines drive the rear wheels. This requires a long drive shaft extending form the front wheels to the rear wheels. Other engines drive the front wheels. In the rear-wheel-drive arrangement, the engine sits longitudinally. Its long dimension is from front to back.大多数汽车发动机位于汽车前方。