negate是什么意思？

negate

英[nɪˈgeɪt] 美[nɪˈɡet]

• vt. 取消，使无效，否定，否认，使作废；
• vi. 否定，否认，无效；
• n. 反面，对立面；

第三人称单数：negates;

过去式：negated;

过去分词：negated;

现在分词：negating;

例句

• Our actions often negate our principles. 我们的行为时常与我们所信奉的原则背道而弛.
• They are under pressure to negate their femaleness. 她们承受着否认自己女性身份的压力。
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  取消;使无效
  If one thing negates another, it causes that other thing to lose the effect or value that it had.
  例句
  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 someone negates something, they say that it does not exist.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  否定;否认
  The decline of community life is negating the work of welfare services. 社区生活的下降否定了福利机构的工作。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. be in contradiction with
  2. deny the truth of
  3. prove negative; show to be false
  4. make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of;
  "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom""This action will negate the effect of my efforts"

行业词典

• 法律： 否定；