counteract

英 [ˌkaʊntərˈækt]

美 [ˌkaʊntərˈækt]

v.  抵制; 抵消; 抵抗

现在分词：counteracting　过去分词：counteracted　第三人称单数：counteracts　过去式：counteracted　

CET6TOEFLGRETEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.9701 / COCA.12113

牛津词典

verb

• 抵制；抵消；抵抗
  to do sth to reduce or prevent the bad or harmful effects of sth
  1. These exercises aim to counteract the effects of stress and tension.
     这些训练旨在抵消压力与紧张的影响。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 抵制;抵消;抵抗
  Tocounteractsomething means to reduce its effect by doing something that produces an opposite effect.
  1. My husband has to take several pills to counteract high blood pressure...
     我丈夫不得不吃几片药来降压。
  2. This event will counteract such trends.
     这一事件将会削弱此类趋势。

英英释义

verb

• destroy property or hinder normal operations
  1. The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war
  Synonym:sabotageunderminecounterminesubvertweaken
• oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
  1. This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues
  Synonym:countervailneutralizecounterbalance
• act in opposition to
  Synonym:antagonizeantagonise
• oppose or check by a counteraction
  Synonym:countercheck

双语例句

• These exercises aim to counteract the effects of stress and tension.
  这些训练旨在抵消压力与紧张的影响。
• Conversely, I think cadre of a female should counteract the male in management is cannot discrepant.
  反过来，我认为一个女性干部在治理当中和男性是不能有差异的。
• Counterintelligence designed to detect and counteract sabotage.
  有计划地侦察和阻碍阴谋破坏的反间谍活动。
• The paper introduces some ways used to counteract the shaft-rate electric field at last.
  文中对国外所采用的轴频电场的抵消方法做了介绍。这时，压轴赛上场了。
• To counteract the fear of failure, continuously nurture your abilities and self-confidence.
  要遏制对失败的恐惧，就要持续不断地培养你的能力和自信。
• The FreeBSD developers decided to add a new system call to counteract these problems, named jail().
  FreeBSD开发者决定增加一个新的系统调用来解决这些问题，这个新的系统调用叫做jail（）。
• International marketing offers a way to counteract aggressive competition from foreign competitors at home.
  国际营销提供了一种方式来对抗外国竞争者在国内咄咄逼人的竞争。
• Used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect.
  特别是用来指药物或者肌肉，抵消或者压制彼此的效果。
• In the eye lens, they counteract diseases like cataracts.
  在眼睛的晶状体中，他们阻碍像白内障等疾病的发生。
• To set a thief to catch a thief, that is what we call “ to counteract one toxin with another ”.
  叫小偷去抓小偷，这就叫“以毒攻毒”。