抵消
dǐxiāo
to offset, to cancel out
Part of speech · verb
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Examples
- 收入的增加抵消了物价的上涨。The rise in income offset the price increases.
- 两种力量互相抵消。The two forces cancel each other out.
Collocations
互相抵消抵消影响抵消损失相互抵消
Mnemonic
抵 dǐ "to resist, counter" + 消 xiāo "to eliminate": to counter and eliminate, i.e. to offset, cancel out (two opposing amounts canceling toward zero). 互相抵消 = to cancel each other out. The 抵 is the same as in 抵抗 (to resist) and 抵达 (to arrive). Used in finance, physics, effects.
Related
抵销消除平衡相抵
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