countermine

參見：counter-mine

英語

詞源

來自counter- +‎ mine。

名詞

countermine (複數 countermines)

1. 反地雷地雷（用來攔截敵方地雷或隧道的地雷）
   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, 出版於 2010，第 436 頁:

     Normally the threat would have been dealt with by means of a counter-mine, but the tunnel was now far too close for that.

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2. 反地道（為了攔截和破壞敵人的挖掘而開鑿的地道）
3. 對抗計畫（挫敗另一個計謀或計劃的計策）
   • a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the page number)”, 出自 The Covntesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, 出版於 1590, →OCLC; republished in Albert Feuillerat 編, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia (Cambridge English Classics: The Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney; I), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1912, →OCLC:

     Thinking himself contemned, knowing no countermine against contempt but terror.

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動詞

countermine (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 countermines，現在分詞 countermining，一般過去時及過去分詞 countermined)

1. 謀劃反對，挫敗他人的舉動
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, 章號 III, 出自 The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, 第 (please specify |volume=I to VI) 卷s, London: A[ndrew] Millar […], →OCLC, book VI:

     […] every gamester will agree how necessary it is to know exactly the play of another, in order to countermine him.

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2. (及物，不及物) 設反間計，將計就計
   • 1923, Frank Fox, “The Man-Made Earthquake”, 出自 Charles Francis Horne, The Great Events of the Great War‎^[1], 第 5 卷:

     […] so Fritz could sleep easily in his trench, so far as mines were concerned; and Fritz, confident in his Herr Professors, altogether neglected any attempt to counter-mine.

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同義詞

• (謀劃)： counterplot