countervalue

词形变化

countervalued countervalues 三单 countervalues countervaluing countervaluing 现在分词 countervalued 过去式 countervalued 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To target an opponent's assets which are of value but not actually a military threat, such as cities and civilian populations.

    政治 军事
  2. 2.

    To make a counter estimate of something's value.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Targeting an opponent's assets which are of value but not actually a military threat, such as cities and civilian populations.

    政治 军事

词源

From counter- + value. The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., records the first use of the word in 1660 and the first use in the modern sense in 1965, where it is described as a "euphemism for attacking cities".

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