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militate

/mil-i-teyt/US // ˈmɪl ɪˌteɪt //UK // (ˈmɪlɪˌteɪt) //

好战,好斗,好战的,战斗

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v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    mil·i·tat·ed, mil·i·tat·ing.

    • : to have a substantial effect; weigh heavily: His prison record militated against him.
    • : Obsolete. to be a soldier.to fight for a belief.

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Examples

  • For generations, liberal Catholics have connected their faith’s moral teachings to an egalitarian philosophy that militates against war, economic inequality, environmental degradation and civil rights violations.

  • But four overriding realities militate against a GOP return to the White House in 2016 and perhaps for several campaigns beyond.

  • This seems occasionally to militate against the clearness of the work.

  • There are primarily three factors that militate against the original custom of maternal descent.

  • Big guns are bad for stream-line, and therefore militate against high submerged speed.

  • Passion, in him, comprehended many of the worst emotions which militate against human happiness.

  • But first I will examine two cases which might at first sight seem to militate against the principles I have enunciated.