() used to describe actions or policies that are intended to balance or limit the effects of natural business patterns（行动或政策）反周期的◆the government's countercyclical policy of keeping full employment despite the depression尽管处于经济萧条期，政府仍执行维持充分就业的反周期政策 () used to describe shares, businesses, ways of investing, etc. that do not follow the normal pattern of business activity（股票、业务、投资方式等）反周期的◆countercyclical stocks (= for example, that rise when the economy is getting weaker)反周期的股票（经济不景气时上涨的股票）