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r chances of beating the opponents in the semifinal。 评论家指出由于该队太过执着于夺冠,这有可能会阻碍他们在半决赛中打败对手。

派生 obsess(v。 迷住)

occurrence[?'k?:r?ns]n。 事件;发生

例句 Through using high…speed photography; scientists have determined that there are two steps to the occurrence of lightning from a cloud to the ground。 通过使用高速摄像机,科学家确定了闪电的形成从云层到地面的两个步骤。

派生 occure(v。 发生)

offset['?:fset]v。 补偿;抵消 n。 分支;补偿

例句 Children may neither interpret exaggerated claims; made by advertisers; nor understand the disclaimers used to offset claims。 孩子们可能不理解广告商夸张的广告,也不理解用来抵消索赔的免责声明。

offshore[??:f'??:r]a。 近海的;离岸的;海外的 ad。 离岸

例句 A greater number of offshore drilling sites appeared; because it's difficult to find adequate sources of oil on land。 更多海上钻井工地出现了,这是因为在陆地上很难找到足够的石油资源。

同义 paralic(a。 近海的)

oppose[?'pouz]v。 反对;对抗

例句 1。 We need to know how much the climate can vary of its own accord in order to interpret with confidence the extent to which recent changes are natural as opposed to being the result of human activities。 我们需要知道气候能在多大程度上进行自我改变,以此来满怀信心地解释最近的变化在多大程度上是自然形成的,而不是人类活动造成的。

2。 Politicians rarely opposed the government's generous support of business owners。 政客们很少反对政府对企业家的慷慨支持。

同义 object(v。 反对);resist(v。 对抗)

要点 oppose可以用来表达不同的意见,或者表示反对。

opposition[?ɑ:p?'zi?n]n。 相反;反对;反对党

例句 The opposition to the concept of plant ecology was accepted by Herbert Gleason soon joined by various other ecologists。 赫伯特·格利森接受了相反的植物生态学概念,不久,

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