单词	counterpower
释义	counterpower noun coun·​ter·​pow·​er ˈkau̇n-tər-ˌpau̇(-ə)r  variants or counter-power plural counterpowers or counter-powers : a power that offsets or checks an opposing power So they gave the counterpower of the veto to the president so he could keep the Congress under control. Eugene McCarthy The idea is that against power over people, we must exert a counterpower over the oppressors. Jeremy David Bendik-Keymer It remains to be shown how, in a country claiming to be a democracy, a veritable hidden counter-power operating outside institutional controls … could have grown up at the very center of the state. Patrice Claude Word History First Known Use 1846, in the meaning defined above
随便看	invoker invokers invokes invoking involatile involatility involucel involucellate involucellated involucels involucra involucral involucrate involucre involucred involucres involucriform involucrum involucrums involuntarily involuntariness involuntarinesses involuntary involuntary admission involuntary deposit

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