OPEC looked as if it might split apart, and as the crisis deepened, it showed how oil had seeped into every corner of the world economy.

• 这一年结束的时候，情况依然如故。 石油输出国组织看上去似乎要四分五裂，而随着危机深化，情况表明石油已经渗入世界经济的每一角落。