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单词 countervailing
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countervailingn.

Etymology: formed as countervail v. + -ing suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: counterˈvailing.
The action of countervail v.
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the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [noun] > neutralizing or counteracting
correction1477
countervailinga1613
counteraction1791
neutralization1817
a1613 E. Brerewood Enq. Langs. & Relig. (1614) xiv. 122 What is wanting in the South parts of the two foresaid continents towards the counteruailing of the North parts.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

countervailingadj.

Etymology: -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: counterˈvailing.
That countervails; counterbalancing, compensating.
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the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > neutralizing or counteracting
corrective1541
correctory1620
counterbalancing1651
counterpoising1653
neutralizing1784
countervailing1793
1793 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) IV. 15 It would not have been wonderful if we had taken countervailing measures.
1832 G. C. Lewis Remarks Use & Abuse Polit. Terms xx. 173 Balanced by countervailing advantages.
1884 Sat. Rev. 14 June 781/1 If we impose a countervailing duty upon bounty-fed sugar.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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