单词 | countervail |
释义 | countervail[,kauntə'veil]vt. 补偿, 抵销vi. 抵销 countervail coun.ter.vail AHD: [koun”t…r-v³l“, koun“t…r-v³l”] D.J. [7ka&nt*6ve!l, 6ka&nt*7ve!l]K.K. [7ka&nt+6vel, 6ka&nt+7vel]v.(动词) coun.ter.vailed,coun.ter.vail.ing,coun.ter.vails v.tr.(及物动词)1. To act against with equal force; counteract.用同等的力来反抗;抵消2. To compensate for; offset.补偿;抵消v.intr.(不及物动词)To act against an often detrimental influence or power.对抗:对抗一种通常有害的影响或力量语源:1. Middle English countrevaillen 中古英语 countrevaillen 2. from Old French contrevaloir contrevail- 源自 古法语 contrevaloir contrevail- 3. contre- [counter-] contre- [反,逆] 4. valoir [to be worth] from Latin val¶re [to be strong] * see wal- valoir [值得] 源自 拉丁语 val¶re [强壮] *参见 wal- |
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