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单词 counterweigh
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counterweigh

[ koun-ter-wey ]
/ ˌkaʊn tərˈweɪ /

verb (used with or without object)

to counterbalance; counterpoise.

Origin of counterweigh

1400–50; late Middle English countreweyen;see counter-, weigh1

Words nearby counterweigh

counterturn, countertype, countervail, countervailing duty, counterview, counterweigh, counterweight, counterword, counterwork, countess, count for
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Example sentences from the Web for counterweigh

  • Will any assistance to memory, counterweigh the annihilation or benumbing of the instinct of pity?

    Vivisection|Albert Leffingwell
  • He so chastened his harshness with mercy, that he seemed to counterweigh the one with the other.

    The Danish History, Books I-IX|Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Learned")

British Dictionary definitions for counterweigh

counterweigh
/ (ˌkaʊntəˈweɪ) /

verb

another word for counterbalance
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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