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单词 obverse
释义
obverseob‧verse /ˈɒbvɜːs $ ˈɑːbvɜːrs/ noun [singular] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINobverse
Origin:
1600-1700 Latin obversus, from obvertere ‘to turn toward’
Examples
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  • But the obverse is more important; the network of help and contacts.
  • Exoneration is in a sense the obverse of responsibility.
  • However, the significance of this is questionable, as extant specimens all emanate from a single obverse die.
  • No doubt the coin is always fascinated by its obverse.
  • The obverse of money market advances is money market deposits, and these work in the same way.
  • This may be seen as the obverse of racial discrimination; but an equal opportunities argument is not merely that.
  • This was the obverse of the image of the industrious Catalan artisan as the basis of industrial progress.
1formal the opposite of a particular situation or feeling SYN  oppositeobverse of The obverse of victory is defeat.2the obverse technical the front side of a coin or medal OPP  reverse
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