militate against something

phrasal verbphr v formal PREVENTto prevent something or make it less likely to happen 阻止，妨碍

Environmental factors militate against building the power station in this area.

环境因素使发电站不能建在这个地区。

Examples from the Corpus

militate against • Even the humdrum tasks are varied enough to militate against a sense of monotony.• The very size would seem to militate against action on closure, with the point of non-viability being some way off.• The two approaches are not mutually exclusive, though efficiency does tend to militate against combinations.• In general, illiteracy and lack of motivation militate against reliability of figures from Third World countries.• These provisions are likely to militate against repeat applications and unduly long orders except where strictly necessary.• Sufficient they must take; but too many would be counter-productive and would militate against surprise and secrecy.• These fundamental dissimilarities will surely militate against the two communities coming together.

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词汇	militate against something
释义	militate against something militate against something phrasal verbphr v formal PREVENTto prevent something or make it less likely to happen 阻止，妨碍 Environmental factors militate against building the power station in this area. 环境因素使发电站不能建在这个地区。 Examples from the Corpus militate against • Even the humdrum tasks are varied enough to militate against a sense of monotony.• The very size would seem to militate against action on closure, with the point of non-viability being some way off.• The two approaches are not mutually exclusive, though efficiency does tend to militate against combinations.• In general, illiteracy and lack of motivation militate against reliability of figures from Third World countries.• These provisions are likely to militate against repeat applications and unduly long orders except where strictly necessary.• Sufficient they must take; but too many would be counter-productive and would militate against surprise and secrecy.• These fundamental dissimilarities will surely militate against the two communities coming together. → militate against something at militate(1)
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