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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

countermand

/verb koun-ter-mand, -mahnd, koun-ter-mand, -mahnd; noun koun-ter-mand, -mahnd/US // verb ˌkaʊn tərˈmænd, -ˈmɑnd, ˈkaʊn tərˌmænd, -ˌmɑnd; noun ˈkaʊn tərˌmænd, -ˌmɑnd //

驳斥,反驳,抗辩,打击

Related Words

revoke撤销,吊销,收回,撤回reverse逆转,反转,逆向,颠倒recall召回,回顾,回忆,追忆override覆盖,覆盖率,凌驾,推翻retract撤回,撤回地,撤回这,回回repeal废除,废止,撤消,撤销retreat撤退,退缩,闭关修炼,闭关rescind撤销,废止,取消,撤消

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to revoke or cancel.
    • : to recall or stop by a contrary order.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a command, order, etc., revoking a previous one.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbannul, cancel a command
Synonyms
override覆盖,覆盖率,凌驾,推翻recall召回,回顾,回忆,追忆repeal废除,废止,撤消,撤销rescind撤销,废止,取消,撤消retract撤回,撤回地,撤回这,回回retreat撤退,退缩,闭关修炼,闭关reverse逆转,反转,逆向,颠倒revoke撤销,吊销,收回,撤回

Examples

  • It was too late to countermand the motor, which put up several miles away.

  • I will countermand the order for an immediate attack; that will give me time to arrange.

  • Then he had to be told how it was, and he hurried back into the house to countermand the order for the physician.

  • Unless something is done about it shall countermand religious services.

  • She decided in the absence of both to indulge in a rest, and sent Peter to countermand the carriage.

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