Neutralize



GRE 蓝宝 TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 使无效; 中和
• ［英］ v. 使无效 ( to make ineffective; nullify) ; 中和 ( to make neutral)
• ［类］ soothe: anger / neutralize: acid ( 抚慰消除愤怒 / 中和消除酸)
• ［记］ 来自neutral ( 中性的) +ize
• ［例］ to neutralize an acid with a base

Webster Collegiate

verb (-ized; -izing)

• Date: 1759
• transitive verb
  • 1. to make chemically neutral
  • 2.
    • a. to counteract the activity or effect of ; make ineffective <propaganda that is difficult to neutralize>
    • b. kill, destroy
  • 3. to make electrically inert by combining equal positive and negative quantities
  • 4. to invest (as a territory or a nation) with conventional or obligatory neutrality conferring inviolability during a war
  • 5. to make neutral by blending with the complementary color
  • 6. to give (as a pair of phonemes) a nondistinctive form or pronunciation <\\t\\ and \\d\\ are neutralized when pronounced as flaps>
• intransitive verb
  • to undergo neutralization
• ? neutralizer noun

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