VERB 妨碍;阻碍 To militate against something means to make it less possible or likely. To militate against someone means to prevent them from achieving something.
Her background militates against her... 她的背景对她不利。
We can never promise to sail anywhere in particular, because the weather might militate against it. 天有不测风云,所以我们永远都无法保证会航行到哪个地方。
The chaos and compromise of the legislative process, one will generally hear, militates against the possibility of firm government. 大家通常会听到,立法进程中的混乱和妥协将对政府稳固的可能性产生不利影响。
Crucially, it also militates against effective international co-ordination. 至关重要的是,该计划还不利于国际间的有效合作。
This also militates against the next stated desire of Dell's Soul: to develop global citizenship. 这也对戴尔之魂所说的下一个愿望成为全球公民有不利影响。
Bad weather militates against the success of the picnic. 坏天气不利于野餐的成功。
Whereas equality militates against distinction and authority, fraternity does not do this. 尽管平等对高贵和权威产生不利影响,但博爱不会。
Realism militates instead against the dangerous gesture politics that pretends that there is an easy alternative to talking to Iran, or co-existing with a rising China. 相反,现实主义与那种危险的姿态政治相悖。那种政治理念妄称存在其它轻松的选择,可以与伊朗对话,或与日益崛起的中国共存。
This innate priority of preservation-which may well be a rational philosophy-militates against the radical moves that can create new opportunities. Which manager really wants to risk their chances of promotion by shaking things up? 这种与生俱来的保守优先美其名曰理性思考阻碍了能够创造新机遇的激进行为。有哪位经理真的愿意用升迁的机会冒险来彻底调整?
The dispersal of pupils militates against the neighbourhood school. 把学生分散对邻近学校起阻碍作用。