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单词 countermeasure
释义
countermeasure
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkaʊn.təˌmeʒ.ər/us
/ˈkaʊn.t̬ɚˌmeʒ.ɚ/
anactiontaken against anunwantedactionorsituation:
对策；反措施，应对措施
The Chancellor's countermeasuresagainstinflationhave beencompletelyineffective.财政大臣抑制通货膨胀的对策丝毫不奏效。
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  • press/pushsomeone'sbuttonsidiom
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(Definition ofcountermeasurefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

countermeasure| Business English

countermeasure
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkaʊntəˌmeʒər/us
/-ṱɚˌmeʒə˞/
anactionthat isdesignedtoreducetheeffectof somethingharmful:
There are several countermeasures that can be taken toreducethelikelihoodofcreditcardfraud.
(Definition ofcountermeasurefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcountermeasure

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The rate of superparasitism was independent of host density and could be acountermeasureto overcome the immune response of the host.
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Conventional countermeasures are limited by the cost involved and the allowable operating points.
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Ticks have evolved countermeasures to circumvent host immune defenses.
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In the latter case, the budget act requires that the government suggest countermeasures in case overruns are foreseen.
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The falling birthrate may not be stopped by any policy, and it may be useless to discuss the effectiveness of the policies as countermeasures.
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As the main effect is to strengthen the status quo, the most importantcountermeasureis to question current policies systematically.
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The idea of "forced-use" of the impaired limb has been introduced as acountermeasureto learned non-use.
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There is considerable skepticism about the effectiveness of child allowance as acountermeasureto the falling birthrate.
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Therefore, vegetative sprouting acted as acountermeasureto decumbency and death on the soft wetland soil.
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Meanwhile, the largely unarmed resistance and the repressive countermeasures against the movement prompted the non-violent resistance in the industrialised countries to force sanctions.
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The eager boy-men are crouched over its curling exhaust formed by the electric-car track,34 with the electrical toy the satirical equivalent of the electronic countermeasures in the real bomber.
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My comments will not quarrel with this important article, but deal with two issues: how to enhance its credibility and the political viability of its proposed countermeasures.
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Of course, there were countermeasures.
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They provide a deployable detection capability to supply field commanders with the information necessary to institute protective and medical countermeasures.
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This is an area where we need to take countermeasures by amending the regulation itself.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
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