neutralize

英 ['njuːtrəlaɪz] 美 ['nuːtrəlaɪz]

• v. 使中立；使无效；中和

英英释义

Verb:

1. make politically neutral and thus inoffensive;

   "The treaty neutralized the small republic"
   

2. make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of;

   "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"
   "This action will negate the effect of my efforts"
   

3. oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions;

   "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues"
   

4. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing;

   "The mafia liquidated the informer"
   "the double agent was neutralized"
   

5. make incapable of military action

6. make chemically neutral;

   "She neutralized the solution"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Switzerland was neutralized in 1815.
   瑞士于一八一五年实现中立。
2. High taxes will neutralize increased wages.
   高税收将抵销增加了的工资。
3. Nothing could neutralize its good effects.
   没有什么能抵消它所产生的好影响。
4. Lime was used to neutralize the acidity of the soil.
   曾用石灰来中和土壤中的酸性。

经典引文

• Smoothing out the newspaper and rolling it the other way to neutralize the first curve.

  出自： B. Hines

• Eckersley's evidence had neutralised itself, because he said one thing..before and now something quite different.

  出自： R. V. Jones

近反义词

【近义词】

• counteract 抵制
• offset 抵消
• counterbalance 平衡
• nullify 使无效
• defuse 拆除(炸弹等)的雷管...
• deactivate 使无效
• cancel out 消除
• negative 否定的
• counterweight 平衡物
• neutralise 中和(使 ... 中立...
• knock off 停止做某事
• negate 否定
• waste 废物
• do in <口>使极度疲乏...
• countervail 偿
• liquidate 清算