| 单词 | countervail |
| 释义 | countervail (once / 16147 pages) v To countervail is to oppose something successfully. To countervail is to counteract, counterbalance, or neutralize. This verb is best known to us in the form of its participle countervailing, which gets far more time in the limelight as an adjective than countervail gets as a verb. A favorite combo these days is countervailing duty, a duty imposed on imports to match (or retaliate for) what a foreign government is imposing. You could say a running back was countervailed if a defensive player stops him in his tracks. WORD FAMILYcountervail: countervailed, countervailing, countervails USAGE EXAMPLESIt is risky, to say the least, to confront someone higher up the chain than you without some countervailing forces present. New York Times(Nov 25, 2016) The report released on Wednesday said Congress should create an office in the International Trade Administration to identify and bring antidumping and countervailing duty cases. New York Times(Nov 17, 2016) There’s a lot of indirection and redundancy and countervailing force built into a big country. The New Yorker(Nov 15, 2016) 1v oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions Syn|Hypo|Hyper counteract, counterbalance, neutralize override counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle) cancel, offset, set off make up for 2v compensate for or counterbalance Syn|Hyper offset balance, equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize bring into balance or equilibrium |
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