counteract
verb🔊/ˌkaʊntərˈækt/
🔊/ˌkaʊntərˈækt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they counteract | 🔊/ˌkaʊntərˈækt/ 🔊/ˌkaʊntərˈækt/ |
| he / she / it counteracts | 🔊/ˌkaʊntərˈækts/ 🔊/ˌkaʊntərˈækts/ |
| past simple counteracted | 🔊/ˌkaʊntərˈæktɪd/ 🔊/ˌkaʊntərˈæktɪd/ |
| past participle counteracted | 🔊/ˌkaʊntərˈæktɪd/ 🔊/ˌkaʊntərˈæktɪd/ |
| -ing form counteracting | 🔊/ˌkaʊntərˈæktɪŋ/ 🔊/ˌkaʊntərˈæktɪŋ/ |
- counteract something
to do something to reduce or prevent the bad or harmful effects of something 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. 通过在说话之前暂停一两分钟，您将只是在抵抗紧张地冲向一切的紧张趋势。 She liked to keep busy all the time to counteract the feelings of uselessness that overcame her whenever she had nothing to do. 她喜欢无时无刻不在忙碌，以抵消无聊时无助的情绪。 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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