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词汇 counter-power
释义 counter-power
noun
(alsocounterpower)uk /ˈkaʊn.təˌpaʊər/ us /ˈkaʊn.t̬ɚˌpaʊ.ɚ/
[ U ]
power that opposes the power of another person, organization, group, etc.:
Great power will generate counter-power sooner or later.
[ C ]
a powerful person, organization, or country that opposes another powerful one :
The opposition did not even succeed in establishing a local counter-power.
Older people are being excluded from the emerging culture and their potential to exercise counterpower.
Some see a conflict between management power and shareholder counter-power as the defining characteristic of corporate governance.
This strengthened local power and created a counterpower to the central bureaucracy.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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