militate

基本解释

Increased costs will militate against further enlargement of the buildings.
成本的增加影响了建筑物的进一步扩建。
What’s more, bigger banks can diversify their earnings, which should further militate against failure.
更多的，大银行可以使他们的收入多样化，这可以防止经营失败。
The president's extraordinarily thin base of popular support and uncertain relations with soft-liners militate against a pacted transition.
总统极薄弱的民意支持和与温和派的不稳定关系妨碍了协议过渡。

This type of misclassification of exposure could militate against detecting an association.
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Although the absence of obvious imbalances or financial strains does not eliminate the risk of recession in America, it does militate against a long, deep downturn.
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Unfortunately, the two approaches rather militate against each other.
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To militate against something means to make it less possible or likely. To militate against someone means to prevent them from achieving something.