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negate vt.否定；否认；使无效 (1) 你怎么能否定上帝的存在?(2) 这些事实否定了你的理论。(3) 这种力量也常常被认为和男性有关；这不是一种行动力而是一种吸引力。这是一种否定自身的力量。(4) 这片海被严重污染的报道使扩大旅游业的努力化为乌有。 If something is proved false or untrue, it has been negated. The discovery of one dinosaur jaw negated the conventional wisdom that all dinosaurs were vegetarians, since the tooth structure proved that guy definitely ate meat. The verb negate can also mean to counteract or counterbalance — so a really strong serve can negate your other weaknesses on the tennis court.

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英 [nɪ'ɡeɪt] 美 [nɪ'ɡeɪt] (1) How can you negate God?(2) These facts negate your theory.(3) This power is always conceived in relation to men; it is not the power to do but the power to attract. It is a power that negates itself. (cf. Beauty, Susan Sontag)(4) Efforts to expand the tourist industry could be negated by reports that the sea is highly polluted. If something neutralizes the effect of something else, then you can say the effect is negated. Hanging a disco ball from your living room ceiling negates the sleek modern effect created by the contemporary furniture. 1[VERB 动词]取消；使无效 If one thing negates another, it causes that other thing to lose the effect or value that it had.   [V n]  [FORMAL 正式]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。2[VERB 动词]否认…之存在；否定 If someone negates something, they say that it does not exist.   [V n]  [FORMAL 正式]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。

英语单词	negate
英美音标	英 [nɪ'ɡeɪt] 美 [nɪ'ɡeɪt]
中文释义	vt.否定；否认；使无效
英语例句	(1) How can you negate God? (2) These facts negate your theory. (3) This power is always conceived in relation to men; it is not the power to do but the power to attract. It is a power that negates itself. (cf. Beauty, Susan Sontag) (4) Efforts to expand the tourist industry could be negated by reports that the sea is highly polluted.
中文例句	(1) 你怎么能否定上帝的存在? (2) 这些事实否定了你的理论。 (3) 这种力量也常常被认为和男性有关；这不是一种行动力而是一种吸引力。这是一种否定自身的力量。 (4) 这片海被严重污染的报道使扩大旅游业的努力化为乌有。
vocabulary简明	If something neutralizes the effect of something else, then you can say the effect is negated. Hanging a disco ball from your living room ceiling negates the sleek modern effect created by the contemporary furniture.
vocabulary扩展	If something is proved false or untrue, it has been negated. The discovery of one dinosaur jaw negated the conventional wisdom that all dinosaurs were vegetarians, since the tooth structure proved that guy definitely ate meat. The verb negate can also mean to counteract or counterbalance — so a really strong serve can negate your other weaknesses on the tennis court.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]取消；使无效 If one thing negates another, it causes that other thing to lose the effect or value that it had. [V n] [FORMAL 正式] 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。 2 [VERB 动词]否认…之存在；否定 If someone negates something, they say that it does not exist. [V n] [FORMAL 正式] 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。

Negate Power Negated Effect Proved Weaknesses Verb 动词