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N-COUNT
(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.
例句
...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
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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...
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。
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N-SING
（…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.
例句
...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
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.
例句
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。
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N-COUNT
(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.
例句
...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
(棋盘游戏的)筹码
A counter is a small, flat, round object used in board games.
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PHRASE
(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.
例句
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
(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.
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PHRASE
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.
例句
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。
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PHRASE
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.
例句
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。