| 单词 | countervalue |
| 释义 | ▪ I. † counterˈvalue, v. Obs.
Also 7 contre-.
[counter- 1 + value v.: cf. the earlier countervail.]
1. trans. To equal or counterbalance in value; = countervail 1.
1581W. Stafford Exam. Compl. i. (1876) 17 We haue nothing to sell..to counterualue those things that we must buy agayne. 1605T. Hutton Reasons for Refusal 133 Whose vse and doctrine countervalue not their doubts & vncertaine opinions. 1656H. Phillips Purch. Patt. B vj b, The Rent remaining will counter-value the Ground-Rent.
2. intr. Of an accused person: To give a counter-estimate. Cf. counter-penalty.
1832Sir G. C. Lewis in Philol. Museum I. 132 The defendant was then allowed to make a lower assessment of the fine or other penalty, to counter-value, as it was called (ἀντιτιµᾶσθαι or ὑποτιµᾶσθαι.)
▪ II. ˈcounterˌvalue, n.
[cf. prec. and Fr. contre-valeur.]
Equivalent value spec. applied to strategy based on the attacking of civilian targets.
1655–60Stanley Hist. Philos. (1701) 613/1 It is altogether fruitless, and not of countervalue with the troubles which follow it. 1963Times 4 Feb. 9/4 The new nuclear strategy of unlimited but controlled retaliation with its alternatives of counterforce and countervalue (the euphemism for attacking cities). 1965Economist 6 Feb. 578/3 The counter-values of these [foreign currency reserves] have been credited to the exporters in DM. |
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