counter
n. 柜台; 工作台; 对立面; 计数器; 筹码; 反驳
v. 抵制; 反驳
adv. 逆向地
In a place such as a shop or café a counter is a long narrow table or flat surface at which customers are served.
...those fellows we see working behind the counter at our local video rental store.
我们见到在我们当地录像带出租店里做店员的那些人
...the cosmetics counter...
化妆品柜台
If you do something to counter a particular action or process, you do something which has an opposite effect to it or makes it less effective.
The leadership discussed a plan of economic measures to counter the effects of such a blockade...
领导层讨论了计划采取的一揽子经济措施,以减轻这一封锁带来的影响。
Congestion could be countered by persuading more drivers to get on their bikes...
通过劝说更多的驾车者改骑自行车可以缓解交通拥堵。
Something that is a counter to something else has an opposite effect to it or makes it less effective.
...NATO's traditional role as a counter to the military might of the Warsaw pact.
北约作为与华沙公约军事力量相抗衡的传统角色
If you counter something that someone has said, you say something which shows that you disagree with them or which proves that they are wrong.
Both of them had to counter fierce criticism...
他们两个人都不得不对尖锐的批评进行反击。
The union countered with letters rebutting the company's claims...
工会写信驳回了公司的要求。
A counter is a mechanical or electronic device which keeps a count of something and displays the total.
...an answerphone with an LED display call counter.
带发光二极管来电显示屏的电话答录机
A counter is a small, flat, round object used in board games.
If a medicine can be bought over the counter, you do not need a prescription to buy it.
Are you taking any other medicines whether on prescription or bought over the counter?
你在服用其他什么处方药或非处方药吗?
...basic over-the-counter remedies.
基本的非处方药物
Over-the-counter shares are bought and sold directly rather than on a stock exchange.
If one thing runs counter to another, or if one thing is counter to another, the first thing is the opposite of the second thing or conflicts with it.
Much of the plan runs counter to European agriculture and environmental policy...
该计划的很多内容与欧洲农业及环境方面的政策相冲突。
The finding ran counter to all expectations.
该发现出乎所有人的预料。
If someone buys or sells goods under the counter, they buy or sell them secretly and illegally.
The smugglers allegedly sold the gold under the counter, cheating the VAT man out of £5 million.
据说走私者暗地销售黄金,偷逃增值税达500万英镑。
1. table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
2. game equipment used in various card or board games
3. a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens
4. a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
5. a person who counts things
6. a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one);
7. (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)
8. the piece of leather that fits the heel
9. a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe
10. a return punch (especially by a boxer)
1. speak in response;
2. act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
1. indicating opposition or resistance
1. in the opposite direction;
behind the counter
站柜台;(在商店或银行)作服务员
over the counter
(不要处方或许可)直接购买
under the counter (或 table)
(一般指非法的买卖)偷偷地;私下地
go (或 Brit.hunt或run) counter
往相反方向追猎;背道而驰
Jewelry is displayed on a sales counter.
珠宝陈列在柜台里.
A large crowd of customers swarmed before the counter.
柜台前挤满了一大群顾客.
He finally left home in an effort to counter the tyranny of arranged marriage in the old society.
他弃家出走,是对旧社会婚姻压迫的反动.
The ship was slowed down by counter tides.
船因逆潮而慢下来.
In this country pornography was once sold under the counter.
在该国,色情书画曾一度在黑市出售.