单词 | counteracting |
释义 | counteractingadj. That counteracts. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > [adjective] > operating against counterworking1660 contra-acting1666 counteracting1793 counteractive1805 1666 J. Smith Γηροκομία Βασιλικὴ (1752) 73 These..have no antagonist grinders, nor contra-acting milstones.] 1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature & Cure Calculus 103 Counteracting causes. 1832 H. Martineau Homes Abroad ii. 22 The counteracting forces. 1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. xvi. 265 Self-respect, or conscience, or holy fear..is the counter-acting principle to the love of human praise. Derivatives counterˈactingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > [adverb] > operating against antidotally1646 antidotically1646 counter-bias1656 counteractingly1858 1858 T. De Quincey Protestantism (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay VIII. 161 As if..God..had thus..self-counteractingly stepped in to solve his own problems. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1793 |
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