PHRASAL VERB 抵消 If one thing cancels out another thing, the two things have opposite effects, so that when they are combined no real effect is produced. 抵消 [Also VERBPREPOSITION n]
He wonders if the different influences might not cancel each other out. [VERB noun PREP.]
他在想,各种影响能不能相互抵消。
The goal was cancelled out just before half-time by Craig McLurg. [beV-ed P + by]