countering的中文翻譯是什麼意思

N-COUNT(商店或酒吧的)櫃檯

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

VERB抵制;抵消

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。

N-SING（…的）對立面;（與…）相對的事物

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

VERB反駁;駁斥

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。

N-COUNT(機械或電子)計數器，計算器

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

N-COUNT(棋盤遊戲的)籌碼

A counter is a small, flat, round object used in board games.

PHRASE(買藥)不用處方地

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

PHRASE(股票)場外交易的，不透過交易所買賣的

Over-the-counter shares are bought and sold directly rather than on a stock exchange.

PHRASE與…相對;與…衝突

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。

PHRASE秘密地，暗地裡，非法地(銷售商品)

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。