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counteraction

/koun-ter-akt/US // ˌkaʊn tərˈækt //UK // (ˌkaʊntərˈækt) //

反作用,反行动,反作用力,反行为

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.

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Examples

  • If another tree grows in the spot where your wood was harvested, it could potentially suck enough carbon out of the atmosphere to counteract the emissions of your campfire.

  • They will thus require just as much energy and investment to counteract.

  • So if you press one, that inadvertently presses other levers that counteract its effect.

  • If the finding is broadly true for temperate trees, it could mean that these forests have a limit to how much carbon they can absorb every year, lessening their ability to counteract emissions from humans.

  • Designed to counteract the effect of gravity on a pocket watch’s accuracy, the tourbillon mounts the watch’s critical timekeeping components in a rotating cage.

  • In the meantime the opposite party made efforts of counteraction.

  • This daily paper would form a very strong counteraction to the ale-house.

  • The second is the cause or tragic impulse of the counteraction, and stands between the climax and the fall or untying of the knot.

  • It was the mighty counteraction of free labor that crushed slavery.

  • Catalytics may not remain beyond a certain time; their office is counteraction.