OPPOSITE/REVERSEwith an equally strong but oppositeeffect 抗衡的,制衡的;抵消的
Examples from the Corpus
countervailing• But such benefits as we may find here and elsewhere entailcountervailingdisadvantages.• Time has often become a countervailingforce against quality.• But the liberalising trends are not blind moves towards laissez-faire, but the product of many countervailing forces in the localsociety.• Some companies in the industry are in trouble, but there are countervailing forces that will help others survive.• However, there are countervailing forces which might result in a lowervolume of services.• It was this last, clearly tyrannical, action which stirred Anselm to take the only countervailingmeasure open to him.• The issue of countervailing measures was a particular point at issue during discussions.• However, there are countervailingpressures.
Origincountervailing
(1300-1400)Old Frenchcontrevaloir, from contre- ( → COUNTER-) + valoir“to be worth”