单选题
However, growth in the fabricated metals industry was able to ______ some of the decline in the irun and steel industry.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[试题分析] 本题为动词词义辨析题。
[词义辨析] overturn意为“推翻，颠覆”；overtake意为“追上，超越”；offset意为“抵消；补偿”；oppress则常用于被动语态，意为“压迫，压制”。本句中一方在增长，而另一方却在衰退，当然是相互“抵消”了，因此正确答案为[C]。