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单词 counterworking
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counterworkingn.

Etymology: formed as counterwork v. + -ing suffix1.
The action of counterwork v.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > [noun] > contrary operation or action
counterwork1598
counter-motion1606
countercurrence1643
counterworking1664
counter-current1684
counteraction1750
counter-movement1818
counter-agency1831
counter-move1858
1664 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania: 2nd Pt. v. 37 The Counter-workings of Corrivals.
a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 471 The counterworkings of Indwelling Corruption..have ability..to..extinguish Grace, if it were not maintain'd.
a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xli. 424 In the external world, all is action and reaction,—all is working and counterworking.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

counterworkingadj.

Etymology: formed as counterwork v. + -ing suffix2.
That counterworks.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > [adjective] > operating against
counterworking1660
contra-acting1666
counteracting1793
counteractive1805
1660 J. Milton Readie Way Free Commonw. 13 Two troublesome counter-working adversaries.
1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece IX. ii. lxxii. 309 By the counterworking rivalry of Pausanias.
1879 T. H. S. Escott England I. 190 Varying and counterworking factors.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

> as lemmas

counter-working
counter-working n.
Brit. /ˌkaʊntəˈwəːkɪŋ/
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U.S. /ˌkaʊn(t)ərˈwərkɪŋ/
ΚΠ
a1864 W. S. Landor Wks. (1868) II. 202 You have sworn many things..some of which were very soon countersworn.
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n.1664adj.1660
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