countervail
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
這個字我們還沒有寫成教學內容。以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，方便你先看懂它的意思。
countervailverb/ˈkaʊntəveɪl/
- 1
obsoleteTo have the same value or number as.
- Nay could their numbers counteruaile the ſtars Or [euer] driſling drops of April ſhowers, Or withered leaues that Autume ſhaketh down, Yet would the Souldane by his conquering power: So ſcatter and conſume them in his rage, That not a man ſhal liue to rue their fall.
- 2
To counter, counteract, counterbalance, neutralize, or negate.
- It cannot counteruaile the exchange of joy / That one ſhort minute giues me in her ſight:
- […] should I find thine ear closed and thy heart hardened, what hope for myself could countervail the despair for thee?
- 3
To compensate for.
- I am one of those who thinke their fruit can no way countervaile this losse.
- countervail a very confiderable Advantage to all Men of Letters
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。