Countervailing means pulling with about the same strength, but the other way. A countervailing force does not wipe a thing out by magic; it balances it, checks it, or weighs against it.

Countervailing means pulling with about the same strengthcountervailing的意思是用差不多的力氣拉，but the other way但方向相反。A countervailing force does not wipe a thing out by magiccountervailing force不會像變魔術一樣把東西直接消掉；it balances it它是去平衡它、checks it抑制它，or weighs against it或跟它抗衡。

You almost only see this in serious writing: law, money, and argument. Trade news talks about a countervailing duty — a tax meant to answer another country's help to its own factories. People do not say it in the street.

You almost only see this in serious writing你幾乎只會在正式的文章裡看到這個字： law, money, and argument法律、財經，還有論述。Trade news talks about a countervailing duty貿易新聞會提到countervailing duty—— a tax meant to answer another country's help to its own factories一種用來回應別國補貼自己工廠的稅。People do not say it一般人不會這樣講， in the street在路上。

There is a rare verb, countervail, but the -ing form is the one that lives, sitting in front of a noun: countervailing power, countervailing reasons. It is next door to 'balancing' and 'offsetting', but it keeps a flavour of 'this is strong too, in the opposite direction'.

There is a rare verb, countervail有一個很少用的動詞countervail，but the -ing form is the one that lives但活下來的是-ing的形式，sitting in front of a noun放在名詞前面：countervailing power, countervailing reasonscountervailing power、countervailing reasons。It is next door to 'balancing' and 'offsetting'它跟'balancing'和'offsetting'意思很接近，but it keeps a flavour of 'this is strong too, in the opposite direction'但多留了一點「這股力量也很強，只是方向相反」的味道。