phrasal verbphr vEQUALif two things cancel each other out, they are equally important and have an oppositeeffect to each other, so that neither one has any effect 抵消 → negate
The losses in our overseas division have cancelled out the profits made in the home market.
我们海外分部的亏损抵消了国内市场的盈利。
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cancel out• It also has the great advantage that many of the infinities that arise in quantumtheorycancel each other out.• Since the 1970s, the world had been dominated by two problems which, ironically, tended to cancel each other out.• Superposition is of the essence of waves, which can be addedtogether to reinforce or cancel each other out.• The two William Wilsons cancelled each other out, and that was all.• These two effects cancel each other out at an altitude of about 25 kilometres.• The two sides of the equation should cancel each other out into unity.• These interfere with each other, cancelling each other out or reinforcing each other to producebigger waves.• This means that their spins are guaranteed to cancel each other out to give a total spin of zero.