Gasoline taxes are meant to encourage people to drive less.

汽油税是为了鼓励人们少开车。

A gasoline tax also encourages people to carpool, take public transportation, and live closer to where they work.

汽油税还鼓励人们拼车、乘坐公共交通工具，并住在离他们工作的地方更近的地方。

That is one reason people drive smaller cars in Europe, where gasoline taxes are high, than in the United States, where gasoline taxes are low.

这也是人们在欧洲开小汽车的原因之一，因为欧洲的汽油税很高，而美国是汽油税低的国家。