英汉词典

counter 基本解释

• n. 柜台；对立面；计数器；（某些棋盘游戏的）筹码
• vt. 反击，还击；反向移动，对着干；反驳，回答
• vi. 逆向移动，对着干；反驳
• adj. 相反的
• adv. 反方向地；背道而驰地

counter 词态变化

counter 中文词源

来自count, 数，结帐。

counter 英文词源

counter

counter: see count

counter (n.)

mid-14c., "table where a money lender does business," from Old French contouer, comptoir (14c.) "counting room, table of a bank," from Medieval Latin computatorium "place of accounts," from Latin computatus, past participle of computare (see compute). Generalized 19c. from banks to shops, then extended to display cases for goods. Phrase under the counter is from 1926.

counter (v.)

"go against," late 14c., from Old French countre "facing opposite" (see counter-). Related: Countered; countering. As an adverb, from mid-15c.; as an adjective, from 1590s.

counter 词组搭配

counter 英文释义

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);

"it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"

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)

counter 双语例句

1. He could just about see the little man behind the counter.

他勉强能看到柜台后面的小个子男人。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The army now appears to have launched a counter-offensive.

军队现在似乎已经发起了反攻。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The shop assistant received me indifferently while leaning on a counter.

商店售货员靠在柜台上漫不经心地招呼我。

来自柯林斯例句

4. The security forces counter-attacked the following day and quelled the unrest.

第二天安全部队发起反击，镇压了骚动。

来自柯林斯例句

5. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

counter 实用场景例句

The government's plans run counter to 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。

牛津词典

Such arguments are not easily countered.

这种论点不易反驳。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

I asked the woman behind the counter if they had any postcards.

我问柜台后面的女售货员是否有明信片。

牛津词典

The needle on the rev counter soared.

转速计的指针猛升。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

These tablets are available over the counter.

这些药片不用处方就可买到。

牛津词典

The finding ran counter to all expectations.

该发现出乎所有人的预料。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...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

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The union countered with letters rebutting the company's claims...

工会写信驳回了公司的要求。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...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

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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？

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...basic over-the-counter remedies.

基本的非处方药物

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...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

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the cosmetics counter...

化妆品柜台

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Jewelry is displayed on a sales counter.

珠宝陈列在柜台里.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

A large crowd of customers swarmed before the counter.

柜台前挤满了一大群顾客.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

He finally left home in an effort to counter the tyranny of arranged marriage in the old society.

他弃家出走,是对旧社会婚姻压迫的反动.

《现代汉英综合大词典》