neutralize

詳細解釋：

neu.tral.ize

v.tr.（及物動詞）
neu.tral.ized,neu.tral.iz.ing,neu.tral.iz.es
To make neutral.
使中立化
To counterbalance or counteract the effect of; render ineffective.
使無效：平衡或消除…作用；致使無效
To declare neutral and therefore inviolable during a war.
宣布中立：在戰爭中宣布獨立以不致受侵擾
Chemistry
【化學】
To make (a solution) neutral.
使中性：使（溶液）呈中性
To cause (an acid or a base) to undergo neutralization.
中和：使（酸和鹼）進行中和
Medicine To counteract the effect of (a drug or toxin).
【醫學】 使無效：消除（藥物或毒素）的作用
Slang To remove as a threat, especially by killing.
【俚語】 消除威脅，尤指以殺害的方式

【引伸】
neu.traliz.er
n.（名詞）
<參考辭彙><同義詞>neutralize,negate,nullify,counteractThese verbs mean to make something ineffective by or as if by applying an opposite or counterbalancing force.
這些動詞是指通過使用相反的或制衡的力量使事物無效。
Neutralize implies a state of ineffectiveness, inaction, or inoperativeness:
Neutralize 暗含一種無效、不起作用、不生效的狀態：
例句：
.American life is a powerful solvent. It seems to neutralize every intellectual element . . . and to fuse it in the native good will, complacency, thoughtlessness, and optimism. (George Santayana).
.美國人的生活是一種強大的不斷對事物進行削弱的力量，它好象在抵銷一切智力因素…使其同民族精神、自信心、無私奉獻精神和樂觀主義精神融合起來. （喬治·桑塔亞那）。

Negate andnullify suggest cancellation of validity, force, usefulness, value, consequence, or significance:
Negate 和nullify 表示對效能、能量、用途、價值、結論或意義的廢棄或推翻：
例句：
Terror momentarily negated the effects of his injury.
恐懼的人要時刻抵制傷害對他的影響。

例句：
.The [5th] Amendment nullifies sophisticated as well as simple-minded modes of discrimination. (Felix Frankfurter).
.［第5號］ 修正案削弱了複雜而又簡單的歧視情緒. （菲利克斯·弗蘭克弗特）。

Counteract frequently implies the opposition of forces thought of as being desirable and undesirable;it may suggest action taken as a corrective measure:
Counteract 通常指需要或不需要的相反力量，暗示一種作為修正標準的行為：
例句：
The prime minister addressed the nation in an effort to counteract the damage the scandal had done to his credibility.
首相向全國人民發表演說，以抵制醜聞給他們的榮譽造成損害