a run for the money的意思|示意

The amount of gas used means that a barrel of Californian heavy oil gives the stuff from Canada's tar sands a run for its money in terms of associated greenhouse-gas emissions.

根据相关的温室气体排放，天然气的耗费量意味着每桶加州重油竭尽全力从加拿大沥青砂岩中提取材料。

In Brazil, Citi helped Petrobras, the state-run oil company, to issue stock to the public; in the United Kingdom, it helped raise money for a leveraged buyout of Tomkins, an engineering company.

在巴西，花旗帮助巴西石油公司——国家石油公司向公众发行股票；在英国，它帮助一家工程公司Tomkins为实现杠杆收购筹集资金。

The author argues that a film's theatrical run is little more than a marketing campaign for the subsequent release of DVDs and TV broadcasts, where the real money is to be made.

作者认为电影的真实运营就是后续发行DVD和电视播放的市场竞争，这也是真实财富的来源。

Gibson says it's not cheap to build all of the pipes and pumps for a district cooling system, but it saves money in the long run, especially if existing underground infrastructure can be used.

吉布森说，建立一个区域的冷却系统，所有的管道和泵站并不便宜，但从长远来看，它可以节省钱，特别是当现有的地下基础设施可以被利用的话。

But electric sports cars like the Tesla Roadster can give petrol-powered models a run for their money.

但是，类似Tesla跑车的电动跑车可以选择汽油模式，只是需要多花一些钱。

The next goal is to find a similarly efficient second catalyst to transform the by-products into an energy-dense fuel like methanol to give gasoline a run for its money.

下一个目标是寻找一种效率和前一种催化剂类似的第二种催化剂，它能把副产品转换成一种象甲醇那样密度高的燃料，让汽油物有所值。