countermand
verb (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they countermand | |
| he / she / it countermands | |
| past simple countermanded | |
| past participle countermanded | |
| -ing form countermanding |
- countermand something
to cancel an order that has been given, especially by giving a different order 取消，撤销（尤指代以不同的新命令或订单） He appeared to be countermanding orders as fast as they were given. 他似乎一接到命令就马上取消了。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCountermand is used with these nouns as the object:- order
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French contremander (verb), contremand (noun), from medieval Latin contramandare, from contra- ‘against’ + mandare ‘to order’.