| 释义 |
Definition of counteract in English: counteractverb kaʊntərˈaktˌkaʊn(t)ərˈækt [with object]Act against (something) in order to reduce its force or neutralize it. 对抗；阻碍；抵制；抵消；中和 should we deliberately intervene in the climate system to counteract global warming? 我们是否应该特意干预气候系统以防止全球变暖呢？ Example sentencesExamples - Organic matter neutralises or counteracts many disinfectants.
- Formally, this equilibrium is stable, meaning that small deviations from it are counteracted by the system's dynamics.
- Taking a top-down approach already implies a categorisation attempt that is outside of the sphere of influence of the wiki contributors, which kind of counteracts the point of a wiki.
- Dynamic Drive is another option, fitted to the car we drove; it counteracts body lean to force the BMW level in corners.
- For example it may be that heroin addicts choose heroin because it counteracts the rage and aggression they feel, while cocaine may be used to medicate against depression.
- High-intensity resistance exercise training counteracts muscle weakness and physical frailty in very elderly people.
- Particularly noteworthy is the accounting of the use of such operations by our naval forces worldwide and the positive impact they had in counteracting enemy planning and operations.
- He didn't, therefore, possess adrenaline - the life-saving drug which counteracts the allergic reaction people have when sensitive to bee and wasp stings.
- Going back into schools also counteracts the fall in the number of male teachers and their tendency to give up time to spread the word about their passion for rugby.
- Finally, it has been suggested that a pH shift could serve as a signal to induce systems to counteract imbalances.
- The argument was that the discount rate should be reduced to counteract the effect of the higher rate tax on the award.
- Some force in the universe not only counteracts gravity but pushes the galaxies in the universe apart ever faster.
- Unequally spaced white stripes painted across the road leading up to an off-ramp have been used to create an illusion that counteracts motion adaptation and reduces driving speed.
- Coffee counteracts the effects of a head cold to help you function normally.
- Dark energy is a mysterious pressure that counteracts gravity, forcing the universe to expand faster than it otherwise would.
- Inverters can reduce overall crosstalk by counteracting the effects of switching, as long as the victim trace runs alongside both the native signal and its inverted form.
- These measures would, moreover, sharply reduce revenue to money-strapped state governments, counteracting the Federal stimulus by forcing many of them to cut back on spending.
- Allegedly there's no virus checking software designed to counteract it yet, but there could be a cure by the end of today.
- The resulting charge neutralization counteracts the normal repulsion of the negatively charged phosphate backbone and allows a considerable narrowing of the DNA grooves on the inside.
- There must, therefore, be some hidden advantage to being left-handed that counteracts the risks, but the problem for biologists was trying to work out what this advantage was.
- The precise method by which Aloe Vera works is not yet fully understood, but it is a great stimulator of the body's own system, which counteracts disease and disorder.
Synonyms prevent, thwart, frustrate, foil, impede, curb, restrain, forestall, hinder, hamper, baulk, oppose, act against, stall, check, resist, withstand, defeat, put a stop to, bring an end to fend off, ward off, stave off, head off offset, counterbalance, balance, balance out, cancel out, even out, counterpoise, countervail, compensate for, make up for, remedy neutralize, nullify, annul, negate, invalidate rare counterweigh, equilibrize, negative
Derivativesnoun Deterrence is a state of mind brought about by the existence of a credible threat of unacceptable counteraction. Example sentencesExamples - In counteraction to its own consumption-growth tendencies, new national and grassroots organizations, typically white and middle class, invested their energy in improving standards of public health.
- This implies that actions initiated by a particular state usually evoke counteractions only by those states directly threatened by these actions and not others.
- All such diabolic, yet cowardly actions must be severely condemned, censured and deterred with steeled resolve and equally resolute counteraction.
- Second, having issues resolved through the actions or counteractions of provincial governments may also not necessarily produce outcomes consistent with democratic norms or the preferences of the majority of citizens.
- Effects are additive, leading to counteraction if opposing ion types are paired.
- These counteractions balance to yield the unique limit curve in the plot of coincidence vs. the genetic distance.
- It seems that the leadership is not used to petitions and counteractions by a group of people or individuals.
- I have been advised that there is a very real possibility that unless we take effective counteractions, there could be an epidemic of this dangerous disease next fall and winter [here in the United States].
- And if you don't do it, then the enemy gets ahead because every time you have an advantage a counteraction is created by your adversary to negate that advantage and the process starts again.
- This action sets off further actions and counteractions from the soccer league and environmentalists and neighbors of the parks that can be traced to the resolution of the series of events.
- Your record says you've had special training in nuclear counteraction.
- Moreover, as I mentioned above, there are two kinds of brain contusions, one which occurs in the immediate area of the impact, and the other which occurs on the opposite side as a counteraction.
- As with any fast guy, you need to get to him with fast counteractions.
- The threat of terrorism, which all agree is very real, is believed to be rather more amenable to mobilized civil actions and counteractions than to conventional military operations.
- And if we will do it, I don't see many reasons why we should continue with counteractions.
- Therefore, the drop in pH must be prevented through different active (energy-consuming) counteractions.
- In order to determine what our counteractions might be, we first need to understand what they are thinking.
- When intelligence personnel perform this task well, it supports the commander's use of a myriad of potential friendly actions and counteractions.
- Eventually, the conqueror will reach a ‘culminating point of victory’ at which his successes provoke sufficient counteraction to defeat him.
adjective A negative force of that magnitude, in my opinion, would not occur without some other counteractive force. Example sentencesExamples - A company that comes across important details regarding an opponent's corporate plans and strategies, can swiftly take counteractive measures to blunt the edge of the marketing campaign and reduce the impact of the new corporate moves.
- Obstructive or counteractive kamma (upapiaka kamma) weakens, interrupts or retards the result of kusala kamma or akusala kamma.
- The possible counteractive effect of CK application on shaded leaves with respect to the distribution of leaf N, chloroplast acclimation parameters and leaf expansion was studied in a factorial design.
- As blockages are often caused by uncontrollable factors, such as weather, material volatility, or passing time, regular maintenance is one of the best counteractive measures managers can take.
- But there is always the chance to neutralize the power of these dangerous substances by using or wearing counteractive devices.
- To overcome some of these effects, a distant sensor has to take counteractive measures to reverse these effects.
- With that data, pacifying the grid requires that the disturbance be diagnosed, and counteractive actions taken.
- ‘We felt early on that it would have been pretty counteractive to blow up the mystery because the story is in the mystery,’ says Freidrichs from his home office in Columbia, Missouri.
- It paved the way for the recognition of goitre as a national problem and development of effective counteractive measures culminated in the National Goitre Control Programme through iodination of common salt.
Rhymesabreact, abstract, act, attract, bract, compact, contract, diffract, enact, exact, extract, fact, humpbacked, impact, interact, matter-of-fact, pact, protract, redact, refract, retroact, subcontract, subtract, tact, tract, transact, unbacked, underact, untracked Definition of counteract in US English: counteractverbˌkaʊn(t)ərˈæktˌkoun(t)ərˈakt [with object]Act against (something) in order to reduce its force or neutralize it. 对抗；阻碍；抵制；抵消；中和 should we deliberately intervene in the climate system to counteract global warming? 我们是否应该特意干预气候系统以防止全球变暖呢？ Example sentencesExamples - For example it may be that heroin addicts choose heroin because it counteracts the rage and aggression they feel, while cocaine may be used to medicate against depression.
- There must, therefore, be some hidden advantage to being left-handed that counteracts the risks, but the problem for biologists was trying to work out what this advantage was.
- Finally, it has been suggested that a pH shift could serve as a signal to induce systems to counteract imbalances.
- The precise method by which Aloe Vera works is not yet fully understood, but it is a great stimulator of the body's own system, which counteracts disease and disorder.
- The resulting charge neutralization counteracts the normal repulsion of the negatively charged phosphate backbone and allows a considerable narrowing of the DNA grooves on the inside.
- Allegedly there's no virus checking software designed to counteract it yet, but there could be a cure by the end of today.
- Organic matter neutralises or counteracts many disinfectants.
- The argument was that the discount rate should be reduced to counteract the effect of the higher rate tax on the award.
- Going back into schools also counteracts the fall in the number of male teachers and their tendency to give up time to spread the word about their passion for rugby.
- Formally, this equilibrium is stable, meaning that small deviations from it are counteracted by the system's dynamics.
- Inverters can reduce overall crosstalk by counteracting the effects of switching, as long as the victim trace runs alongside both the native signal and its inverted form.
- He didn't, therefore, possess adrenaline - the life-saving drug which counteracts the allergic reaction people have when sensitive to bee and wasp stings.
- Some force in the universe not only counteracts gravity but pushes the galaxies in the universe apart ever faster.
- Dark energy is a mysterious pressure that counteracts gravity, forcing the universe to expand faster than it otherwise would.
- High-intensity resistance exercise training counteracts muscle weakness and physical frailty in very elderly people.
- Particularly noteworthy is the accounting of the use of such operations by our naval forces worldwide and the positive impact they had in counteracting enemy planning and operations.
- Unequally spaced white stripes painted across the road leading up to an off-ramp have been used to create an illusion that counteracts motion adaptation and reduces driving speed.
- Coffee counteracts the effects of a head cold to help you function normally.
- Dynamic Drive is another option, fitted to the car we drove; it counteracts body lean to force the BMW level in corners.
- These measures would, moreover, sharply reduce revenue to money-strapped state governments, counteracting the Federal stimulus by forcing many of them to cut back on spending.
- Taking a top-down approach already implies a categorisation attempt that is outside of the sphere of influence of the wiki contributors, which kind of counteracts the point of a wiki.
Synonyms prevent, thwart, frustrate, foil, impede, curb, restrain, forestall, hinder, hamper, baulk, oppose, act against, stall, check, resist, withstand, defeat, put a stop to, bring an end to offset, counterbalance, balance, balance out, cancel out, even out, counterpoise, countervail, compensate for, make up for, remedy
|