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counteractive

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

反作用力,反作用,反作用的,反动

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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

  • For years, talk of technological solutions to directly counteract global warming, known as geoengineering, were taboo among climate scientists.

  • That’s obviously enough to counteract the minus-1 in the turnover department.

  • The Bucks’ bet has been that having those two players help so aggressively results in the near-excision of at-rim attempts from the opponent’s shot diet, counteracting Milwaukee’s willingness to let opponents launch away from beyond the arc.

  • Obfuscation is no substitute for an organized and energetic movement, backed by the force of law, to counteract the surveillance advertising that governs so much of the internet.

  • Keep in mind that this trick will help you counteract the kind of dryness usually associated with cold weather and regular washing, but will not help you if you have a skin condition.

  • He is a great lover of books and gardening—two antithetical hobbies—which are charming in themselves, and healthily counteractive.

  • But, along with so many incentives to excess, were there no counteractive agencies at work?

  • The counteractive of a false spiritualism is found in the incarnate life of the Son of God.

  • She began the winter with all such counteractive measures as she could employ.

  • No counteractive effect to this prepossession was to be found in contemporary opinion in Europe.