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• n. 櫃台；對立麵；計數器；（某些棋盤遊戲的）籌碼
• vt. 反擊，還擊；反向移動，對著幹；反駁，回答
• vi. 逆向移動，對著幹；反駁
• adj. 相反的
• adv. 反方向地；背道而馳地

來自count, 數，結帳。

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.

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

他勉強能看到櫃台後麵的小個子男人。

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

軍隊現在似乎已經發起了反攻。

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

商店售貨員靠在櫃台上漫不經心地招呼我。

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

第二天安全部隊發起反擊，鎮壓了騷動。

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5. 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麵的政策相衝突。

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