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(商店或酒吧的)柜臺
In a place such as a shop or café a counter is a long narrow table or flat surface at which customers are served.
例句
...those fellows we see working behind the counter at our local video rental store.
我們見到在我們當地錄像帶出租店里做店員的那些人
...the cosmetics counter...
化妝品柜臺
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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.
例句
The leadership discussed a plan of economic measures to counter the effects of such a blockade...
領導層討論了計劃采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...
通過勸說更多的駕車者改騎自行車可以緩解交通擁堵。
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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.
例句
...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
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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.
例句
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。
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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.
例句
...an answerphone with an LED display call counter.
帶發光二極管來電顯示屏的電話答錄機
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N-COUNT
(棋盤游戲的)籌碼
A counter is a small, flat, round object used in board games.
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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.
例句
Are you taking any other medicines whether on prescription or bought over the counter?
你在服用其他什么處方藥或非處方藥嗎？
...basic over-the-counter remedies.
基本的非處方藥物
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PHRASE
(股票)場外交易的，不通過交易所買賣的
Over-the-counter shares are bought and sold directly rather than on a stock exchange.
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PHRASE
與…相對;與…沖突
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.
例句
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。
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PHRASE
秘密地，暗地里，非法地(銷售商品)
If someone buys or sells goods under the counter, they buy or sell them secretly and illegally.
例句
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。