countermand
vt.取消,撤消,下反对命令召回 n.反对命令,取消
难易程度:
countermand为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:countermanded 过去分词:countermanded 现在分词:countermanding 第三人称单数:countermands
词根
mand,mend=to order(命令),to entrust(委托)
近义词, 同义词
countermand
/,kaʊntə'mɑ:nd; [US] -'mænd; ,kauntɚ`mænd/
v [Tn] cancel (a command or an order already given), esp by giving a new and opposite one 撤销, 撤回(成命或订单)(尤指代之以新的、内容相反的).
countermand
v [T]formal
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French;Origin: contremander, from contre- ( COUNTER-) + mander 'to command' (from Latin mandare)]
to officially tell people to ignore an order, especially by giving them a different one
Terrorists tried to force him to countermand the order to attack.