counteract

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vt. 抵消, 阻碍, 中和 [法] 抵抗, 阻碍, 抵销

发音

其它 /ˈkaʊntəɹˌækt/
其它 /ˌkaʊntəɹˈækt/

词形变化

counteracts 复数 counteracts counteracted counteracting counteracts 三单 counteracting 现在分词 counteracted 过去式 counteracted 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

抵消；中和；阻碍

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An action performed in opposition to another action.

v.
  1. 1.

    To have a contrary or opposing effect or force on someone or something.

    及物

    1911, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica - Dome In India, in the “great mosque” of Jama Masjid (a.d. 1560) and the Gol Gumbaz, or tomb of Mahommed Adil Shah (a.d. 1630) at Bijapur, the domes are carried on pendentives consisting of arches crossing one another and projecting inwards, and their weight counteracts any thrust there may be in the dome.

  2. 2.

    To deliberately act in opposition to, to thwart or frustrate.

    及物

    2016, Margaret Corvid writing in the New Statesman, Five practical things you can do to fight Donald Trump if you live in the UK When people hear my American accent, they want to talk to me about Donald Trump. They want to ask me what happened, and why. But most of all, they ask me – with fear filling their voices – what they can do, as individuals, to counteract him, here, from the United Kingdom.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

sabotage undermine weaken neutralize antagonize subvert antagonise counterbalance countercheck countermine

上位词 10

move hold check control act cancel contain curb disobey moderate

下位词 2

override derail

词源

From counter- + act.

来源：wiktionary