While the launch drew sharp criticism from various nations that wished they had simply been consulted prior to the test, us opposition was based on the principle of its own primacy.

这次发射遭受到了国际社会的批评，因为中国没有提前跟这些国家通报就进行了试射，而美国的反对依据是自己一直是国际大老。

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One of the major purposes of doing research is to test our thesis against the best arguments of the opposition.

研究的主要目的之一，就是要测试我们自身的论点是否足以应对反方的最佳论点。

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Leaders of the South Africa's opposition political parties, labor unions and health-care professions praised President Zuma for launching an ambitious program to test 15 million South Africans for the HIV/AIDS virus by June of next year.

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On Tuesday, China expressed firm opposition to the test but called for a calm response by all sides.

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