counter
n. 櫃檯; 工作臺; 對立面; 計數器; 籌碼; 反駁
v. 抵制; 反駁
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.
我們見到在我們當地錄影帶出租店裡做店員的那些人
...the cosmetics counter...
化妝品櫃檯
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...
領導層討論了計劃採取的一攬子經濟措施,以減輕這一封鎖帶來的影響。
Congestion could be countered by persuading more drivers to get on their bikes...
透過勸說更多的駕車者改騎腳踏車可以緩解交通擁堵。
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.
北約作為與華沙公約軍事力量相抗衡的傳統角色
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...
他們兩個人都不得不對尖銳的批評進行反擊。
The union countered with letters rebutting the company's claims...
工會寫信駁回了公司的要求。
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.
帶發光二極體來電顯示屏的電話答錄機
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?
你在服用其他什麼處方藥或非處方藥嗎?
...basic over-the-counter remedies.
基本的非處方藥物
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...
該計劃的很多內容與歐洲農業及環境方面的政策相沖突。
The finding ran counter to all expectations.
該發現出乎所有人的預料。
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.
據說走私者暗地銷售黃金,偷逃增值稅達500萬英鎊。
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
站櫃檯;(在商店或銀行)作服務員
over the counter
(不要處方或許可)直接購買
under the counter (或 table)
(一般指非法的買賣)偷偷地;私下地
go (或 Brit.hunt或run) counter
往相反方向追獵;背道而馳
Jewelry is displayed on a sales counter.
珠寶陳列在櫃檯裡.
A large crowd of customers swarmed before the counter.
櫃檯前擠滿了一大群顧客.
He finally left home in an effort to counter the tyranny of arranged marriage in the old society.
他棄家出走,是對舊社會婚姻壓迫的反動.
The ship was slowed down by counter tides.
船因逆潮而慢下來.
In this country pornography was once sold under the counter.
在該國,色情書畫曾一度在黑市出售.