militate

militate

英 ['mɪlɪteɪt]
　　美 ['mɪlɪtet]

vi. 有影響；產生作用

中文詞源：

militate 動武，妨礙，阻止

來自拉丁語militare,當兵，戰鬥，來自miles,戰士，詞源同military.引申詞義動武，妨礙，阻止等。

例句：

1. We can never promise to sail anywhere in particular, because the weather might militate against it.
天有不測風雲，所以我們永遠都無法保證會航行到哪個地方。

2. Two factors may well militate against these benefits.
有兩個因素會妨礙這種“有益性”的產業.

3. This would certainly militate against good bonding between the resin matrix and the glass.
這當然會影響樹脂基體與玻璃間的良好粘結.

4. Increased costs militate against further enlargement of the buildings.
成本的增加影響瞭建築物的進一步擴建.

5. Several factors combined to militate against the success of our plan.
好幾個因素合並在一起不利於我們計畫的成功.