militate
柯林斯詞典
1. V-I To militate against something means to make it less possible or likely. To militate against someone means to prevent them from achieving something. 阻礙; 防止[正式]
Her background militates against her. 她的背景妨礙了她。
We can never promise to sail anywhere in particular, because the weather might militate against it. 天有不測風(fēng)云，所以我們永遠(yuǎn)都不會(huì)保證具體航行到哪個(gè)地方。
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