counteract
verbVerb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they counteract | |
he / she / it counteracts | |
past simple counteracted | |
past participle counteracted | |
-ing form counteracting |
- counteract something
to do something to reduce or prevent the bad or harmful effects of something synonym counter抵制;抵消;抵抗 Extra ExamplesBy pausing for a moment or two before speaking you will simply be counteracting a nervous tendency to rush headlong into everything. 在说话前暂停一两分钟,你将会简单地抵制一种仓促做任何事情的紧张倾向。 She liked to keep busy all the time to counteract the feelings of uselessness that overcame her whenever she had nothing to do. 她喜欢一直保持忙碌,以消除无所事事的感觉。 The thrust of the rocket engines counteracts gravity. 火箭发动机的推力抵消重力。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCounteract is used with these nouns as the object:- effect
- influence
- trend
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