Counteract
[kaʊntər'ækt] or [,kaʊntɚ'ækt]
解释:
(verb.) oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; 'This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues'.
校对:惠特尼--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract good advice.
手打:罗谢尔
同义词及近义词:
v. a. [1]. Oppose, contravene, resist, cross, thwart, hinder, check, defeat, frustrate, run counter to, act against, clash with.[2]. Neutralize, destroy the effect of.
编辑:耶鲁
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Counterinfluence, counterfoil, foil, baffle, neutralize, oppose, rival, thwart,hinder
ANT:Aid, help, abet, promote, conserve, co-operate, subserve
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例句:
- His cheerfulness will counteract this. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- She was born to discover the falsehood of her own opinions, and to counteract, by her conduct, her most favourite maxims. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
- I shall lay my plans so as to counteract or at least be prepared for theirs--that is all. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- You have compromised me by being seen about with me, endeavouring to counteract this Mr Eugene Wrayburn. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Look, how they run and meet and counteract. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Emma laughed, and replied: But I had the assistance of all your endeavours to counteract the indulgence of other people. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- Only an environment which secures the full use of intelligence in the process of forming habits can counteract this tendency. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- Elinor submitted to the arrangement which counteracted her wishes with less reluctance than she had expected to feel. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
- The excitement of the campaign counteracted in George's mind the depression occasioned by the disinheriting letter. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- This extra force, which must be supplied if friction is to be counteracted, is in reality waste work. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- Only in this way can the centrifugal forces set up by juxtaposition of different groups within one and the same political unit be counteracted. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- She had never seen a place for which nature had done more, or where natural beauty had been so little counteracted by an awkward taste. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- You have always been counteracting me secretly. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Lydgate certainly had good reason to reflect on the service his practice did him in counteracting his personal cares. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
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