Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that they search for potential traps. Only after drilling and testing is it known whether the trap contains oil or gas.

但准确地讲，他们寻找的是潜在的圈闭，只有在钻井和试油以后才知道圈闭内是否含油或含气。

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The critical temperature and the ground state fraction of weakly interacting Bose Einstein condensation in a harmonic potential trap are calculated with numerical method.

应用数值计算的方法计算了谐振势阱中有弱相互作用的玻色气体凝聚的临界温度和基态占据率。

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They will exacerbate existing vulnerabilities and they have the potential to throw countries back into the poverty trap.

他们将加剧现有的安全漏洞，并且很有可能将各国仍回贫困的陷阱中。

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The trouble is, falling prices have turned their dream into a potential trap.

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She thinks that private valuations are too high, especially compared with public valuations, creating a potential trap for last-stage investors.

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But Mr de Villepin has set himself a potential trap.

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