militate
militate 英 [ˈmɪlɪteɪt] 美 ['mɪlɪteɪt]
vi. 有影响；产生作用
进行时:militating 过去式:militated 过去分词:militated 第三人称单数:militates
- Your father's loss of his job may militate against the big family vacation your parents had been planning. To militate is to be a deciding factor for or against.
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- vi. 有影响；产生作用
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1. The president's extraordinarily thin base of popular support and uncertain relations with soft-liners militate against a pacted transition.
总统极薄弱的民意支持和与温和派的不稳定关系妨碍了协议过渡。
- militate (v.) 1620s, "to serve as a soldier" (now rare), from Latin militatum, past participle of militare "serve as a soldier," from miles "soldier" (see military (adj.)). Sense developed via "conflict with," to "be evidence" for or against (1640s). Related: Militated; militating.
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