[N-COUNT 可数名词](商店或酒吧的)柜台 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
We were sitting on stools at the counter having coffee.
我们坐在柜台边的凳子上喝着咖啡。
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[VERB 动词]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.
[V n]
[V by -ing]
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。
Sears then countered by filing an antitrust lawsuit.
于是西尔斯提起反托拉斯诉讼进行反击。
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[N-SING 单数名词]（…的）对立面；（与…）相对的事物 Something that is a counter to something else has an opposite effect to it or makes it less effective.
[a N to n]
...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
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[VERB 动词]反驳；驳斥 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.
[V n]
[V with n]
[V by -ing]
[V with quote]
[Also V that]
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。
The Prime Minister countered by stating that he had grave misgivings about the advice he had been given...
总理反驳说他对自己所收到的那些建议颇为顾虑。
'But Peter, it's not that simple,' Goldstone countered in a firm voice.
“但是，彼得，事情并非那么简单，”戈德斯通语气坚决地驳斥道。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](机械或电子)计数器，计算器 A counter is a mechanical or electronic device which keeps a count of something and displays the total.
[usu supp N]
...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
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](棋盘游戏的)筹码 A counter is a small, flat, round object used in board games.
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See also:
bargaining counter
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bean counter
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Geiger counter
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rev counter
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[PHRASE 短语](买药)不用处方地 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?
你在服用其他什么处方药或非处方药吗？
...basic over-the-counter remedies.
基本的非处方药物
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[PHRASE 短语](股票)场外交易的，不通过交易所买卖的Over-the-counter shares are bought and sold directly rather than on a stock exchange.
[usu PHR n]
[BUSINESS 商]
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[PHRASE 短语]与…相对；与…冲突 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.
[V inflects]
[FORMAL 正式]
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。
...the introduction of social legislation in Europe, which is counter to American practice.
与美国的做法相对立的欧洲社会立法的推行
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[PHRASE 短语]秘密地，暗地里，非法地(销售商品) If someone buys or sells goods under the counter, they buy or sell them secretly and illegally.
[PHR after v]
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。
Oxford
coun·ter★/ˈkaʊntə(r); NAmEˈkaʊntər/
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countercounterscounteredcounteringnoun★1★a long flat surface over which goods are sold or business is done in a shop/store, bank, etc. （商店、银行等的）柜枱◆I asked the woman behind the counterif they had any postcards. 我问柜枱后面的女售货员是否有明信片。2(alsocounter·top)( both NAmE) (BrEwork·top,ˈwork surface)a flat surface in a kitchen for preparing food on （厨房的）操作枱，料理枱3a small disc used for playing or scoring in some board games （某些棋盘游戏的）筹码☞see also
bargaining counter
atbargaining chip4( especially in compounds 尤用于构成复合词) an electronic device for counting sth （电子）计数器，计算器◆The needle on the rev counter soared.转速计的指针猛升。☞see also
Geiger counter
☞compare
bean counter
5[usually singular ]counter(to sb/sth) ( formal) a response to sb/sth that opposes their ideas, position, etc. （对意见、态度等的）反对，反驳◆The employers' association was seen as a counter to union power.雇主协会被看作是工会权力的对头。IDIOMSover the ˈcountergoods, especially medicines, for sale over the countercan be bought without a prescription(= written permission from a doctor to buy a medicine) or special licence （尤指购药）不凭处方◆These tablets are available over the counter.这些药片不用处方就可买到。☞see also
over-the-counter
(1 )under the ˈcountergoods that are bought or sold under the counterare sold secretly and sometimes illegally （商品销售）秘密地，暗地里，非法地verb1[transitive , intransitive ]counter(sb/sth) (with sth) to reply to sb by trying to prove that what they said is not true 反驳；驳斥countersb/sth ◆Such arguments are not easily countered.这种论点不易反驳。counterthat… ◆I tried to argue but he countered that the plans were not yet finished.我试图争辩，但他却申辩说各项计划尚未完成。counter(sb) + speech ◆‘But I was standing right here!’ he countered.“但我那时就站在这！”他反驳道。counterwith sth ◆Butler has countered with a lawsuit against the firm.巴特勒反诉了这家公司。2[transitive ]countersth to do sth to reduce or prevent the bad effects of sth 抵制；抵消SYN
counteract
◆Businesses would like to see new laws to counter late payments of debts.商界希望见到对付债务逾期不还的新法律出台。adverbcounterto sth in the opposite direction to sth; in opposition to sth 逆向地；相反地；反对地◆The government's plans run counterto agreed European policy on this issue. 政府的计划违反了有关这个问题已协商好的欧洲政策。coun·ter/ˈkaʊntə(r); NAmEˈkaʊntər/
1the place where you pay or are served in a shop, bank, restaurant etc: He wondered if the girl behind the counter recognised him.2 American English a long flat surface on top of a piece of furniture, especially in a kitchenSYN worktop British English3over the counter drugs, medicines etc that are bought over the counter are ones that you can buy in a shop without a prescription from a doctor4under the counter if you buy something under the counter, you buy it secretly and usually illegally: It’s risky, but you can get alcohol under the counter.5a small object that you use in some games that are played on a board6a piece of electrical equipment that counts something: Set the video counter to zero before you press play. →
Geiger counter
7a computer program that counts the number of people who have visited a website8an action that tries to prevent something bad from happening, or an argument that is used to prove that something is wrongcounter to The road blocks were a counter to terrorist attacks in that area.
counter1 noun
counter2 verb
counter3 adjective, adverb
countercounter2 ●○○ verb
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1[intransitive, transitive] to say something in order to try to prove that what someone said was not true or as a reply to something: ‘I could ask the same thing of you,’ she countered.counter an argument/an allegation/a criticism etc He was determined to counter the bribery allegations.2[transitive] to do something in order to prevent something bad from happening or to reduce its bad effects: Exercise helps to counter the effects of stress.
counter1 noun
counter2 verb
counter3 adjective, adverb
countercounter3 adjective, adverb
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be/run/go counter to something to be the opposite of something: Some actions by the authorities ran counter to the president’s call for leniency.