negate
vt. 取消,使无效; 否定,否认; 使作废
vi. 否定,否认; 无效
If one thing negates another, it causes that other thing to lose the effect or value that it had.
These weaknesses negated his otherwise progressive attitude towards the staff.
这些缺点抵消了他在其他方面对待员工还算开明的态度。
If someone negates something, they say that it does not exist.
He warned that to negate the results of elections would only make things worse.
他警告说,否定选举的结果只会使事情更糟。
1. be in contradiction with
2. deny the truth of
3. prove negative; show to be false
4. make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of;
I think, Nietzsche did not reject science and not negate rationality completely.
本文认为, 尼采并不拒绝科学,也不完全否定理性.
Therefore, it exaggerates to affirm or negate that all paintings can reflect spirit of times.
因此, 肯定或否定一切绘画都能表现时代精神,都是言之过甚.
It is wrong to ban religion with administrative means and absolutely negate its death away.
用行政的手段取缔宗教和断然否定宗教的消亡都是错误的.
It is revisionism to negate the basic principles of Marxism and to negate its universal truth.
否定马克思主义的基本原则,否定马克思主义的普遍真理,这就是修正主义.
These facts negate your theory.
这些事实否定了你的理论.