Word · Frequency #27870
countermand
取消命令；撤回命令
核心释义
a command that cancels or reverses a previous command
- 1.
与先前命令相反的命令。
An order to the contrary of a previous one.
与先前命令相反的命令。；收回命令；取消命令
用法In use
The manager countermanded the order to work overtime after the client changed the schedule.
用法提示：countermanded 是动词 countermand 的过去式，作及物动词，表示撤回之前下达的命令。
Only the department head can countermand the safety directive.
用法提示：countermand 是及物动词原形，与情态动词 can 连用，表示有权取消或撤回指令。
The director is countermanding his earlier instruction because new information has arrived.
用法提示：countermanding 是现在分词，与 is 构成现在进行时，表示正在撤销先前的指示。
countermand sth
countermand 是及物动词，后接命令、决定等名词。
The captain countermanded the evacuation order.
船长撤销了疏散命令。
be countermanded
被动语态强调命令被撤销的事实，常见于正式语境。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- countermand an order
- 撤销命令
- The general countermanded the order to attack.将军撤销了进攻的命令。
- countermand a decision
- 撤回决定
- The committee countermanded its earlier decision.委员会撤回了先前作出的决定。
- countermand an instruction
- 撤销指示
- She countermanded the instruction before the meeting began.会议开始前，她撤销了那项指示。
- countermand a directive
- 收回指令
- The CEO countermanded the directive after staff complaints.在员工投诉后，首席执行官收回了那项指令。
- issue a countermand
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
拆成 counter（相反）+ mand（命令），联想“反着下命令”，即撤回原命令。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：军事命令、法律文书、行政指令 该词多用于正式场合，比较常见于军事、法律或行政语境中，日常口语较少使用。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Command and demand are true rhymes: the stressed final syllable is /mɑːnd/. Use caution with the lookalikes: reprimand has a different stress pattern, and mandate and random are pronounced with different vowels, so they do not rhyme with countermand.
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.