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　

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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

• Descartes puts forwards the method of general doubt to counteract the fideism in scholasticism and skepticism.
  笛卡尔为了对抗经院哲学的盲目信仰主义和怀疑论提出了普遍怀疑方法。
• 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。
• 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”。
• Continued interchange of genes will counteract the effects of selection.
  连续的基因交换将抵消选择的效果。
• Salt and sour additions to the food will counteract this effect on the wine.
  在食物中加入咸味和酸味会减弱它们对葡萄酒的影响。
• 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。
• ACE inhibitors are used to counteract the effects of ANG II and aldosterone.
  ACE抑制剂用来抵消血管紧张素和醛固酮的作用。
• 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（）。
• The plant chemicals also appeared to counteract the tiredness brought on by doing the intensive arithmetic.
  此类植物化学物质还有效地抵抗了由于密集的运算而带来的疲劳。
• 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。