| 释义 |
cancel sth out / cancel outphrasal verb(-ll-, name -l-) (sometimes disapproving) to have an equal but opposite effect to sth, so that the situation does not change; (of two things) to have an equal but opposite effect to each other抵消；对消◆recent losses have cancelled out any profits made at the start of the year.最近的亏损已经与年初的盈利相抵消。◆the advantages and disadvantages would appear to cancel each other out.看来是利弊参半。◆small variations in the electron count will cancel out over the course of the experiment.电子数量的小幅变化在试验过程中会相互抵消。 |