单词 | countermove |
释义 | countermove (once / 86907 pages) n WORD FAMILY countermove: countermoves+/immovable: immovability, immovableness, immovables, immovably/immoveable: immoveably/movable: immovable, movability, movableness, movables, movably, unmovable/move: countermove, movable, moveable, moved, movement, mover, moves, moving/moveable: immoveable, moveably/moved: unmoved/movement: movements/mover: movers/moving: movingly, nonmoving, self-moving, unmoving/unmovable: unmovably/unmoved: unmovedly/unmoving: unmovingly USAGE EXAMPLES“A dangerous zero sum game pattern has emerged as US and Russia make moves and countermoves that mimic practice during the Cold War.” Washington Post(Oct 18, 2016) They approved what Truman would call a “police action,” not a full-fledged war, wary of potential Soviet countermoves in Europe or the Middle East. Los Angeles Times(Oct 16, 2016) If you are on the receiving end of an order to relax, there are countermoves that can keep your blood pressure from soaring higher. Wall Street Journal(Aug 16, 2016) n an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc. Syn|Hypo|Hyper counterattack riposte (fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge attack, onrush, onset, onslaught (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons) |
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