negate

英 [nɪˈɡeɪt]

美 [nɪˈɡeɪt]

v.  取消; 使无效; 否定; 否认

过去分词：negated　过去式：negated　第三人称单数：negates　现在分词：negating　复数：negates　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14131 / COCA.12350

牛津词典

verb

• 取消；使无效
  to stop sth from having any effect
  1. Alcohol negates the effects of the drug.
     酒精能使药物失效。
• 否定；否认
  to state that sth does not exist

柯林斯词典

• VERB 取消;使无效
  If one thingnegatesanother, it causes that other thing to lose the effect or value that it had.
  1. These weaknesses negated his otherwise progressive attitude towards the staff.
     这些缺点抵消了他在其他方面对待员工还算开明的态度。
• VERB 否认…之存在;否定
  If someonenegatessomething, they say that it does not exist.
  1. He warned that to negate the results of elections would only make things worse.
     他警告说，否定选举的结果只会使事情更糟。

英英释义

verb

• make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
  1. Her optimism neutralizes his gloom
  2. This action will negate the effect of my efforts
  Synonym:neutralizeneutralisenullify
• prove negative
  Synonym:contradict
• deny the truth of
  Synonym:contradictcontravene
• be in contradiction with
  Synonym:contradictbelie

双语例句

• The Rightists negate the achievements in the people's cause.
  右派否定人民事业的成绩。
• To do so would, in fact, be to negate the glorious history of our Party.
  丢掉了这个旗帜，实际上就否定了我们党的光辉历史。
• We cannot, we must not, allow our disagreements to negate aspects of our relationship that are so critical to the region and the world.
  我们不能，我们绝不能让我们的分歧否定我们关系中对地区和世界如此关键的那些方面。
• It's harmful either to absolutely affirm or absolutely negate them in the practice.
  绝对否定或肯定两者中的任意一个，在实践中都是有害的。
• Listening with a focus on picking out points of difference so that you can negate the perceptions of another.
  听出了集中采摘点差让你再否定看法。
• This will negate any potential for achieving the full advantages of proper SOA implementation.
  这将对任何实现恰当SOA实现的所有优势的可能带来负面影响。
• It isn't the existence that our felling arrive sincerity and then negate the human life sincerity.
  不是我们感觉不到真诚就否定人间真诚的存在。
• It does not negate the usability of the plugin, it just gives people information they need to know.
  这并不否定插件的可用性，只是向人们传播了应该了解的信息。
• Just because humans use it as an excuse does not negate the possibility.
  不要因为人类用它当借口而否定它的可能性。
• Our actions often negate our principles.
  我们的行动常常否定了我们的原则。