counter

英 ['ka?nt?] 美['ka?nt?]

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復(fù)數(shù):?counters;第三人稱單數(shù):?counters;過去式:?countered;過去分詞:?countered;現(xiàn)在分詞:?countering;

counter 柜臺(tái)

來自count, 數(shù)，結(jié)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(qiáng)能看到柜臺(tái)后面的小個(gè)子男人。

2. The army now appears to have launched a counter-offensive.: 軍隊(duì)現(xiàn)在似乎已經(jīng)發(fā)起了反攻。

3. The shop assistant received me indifferently while leaning on a counter.: 商店售貨員靠在柜臺(tái)上漫不經(jīng)心地招呼我。

4. The security forces counter-attacked the following day and quelled the unrest.: 第二天安全部隊(duì)發(fā)起反擊，鎮(zhèn)壓了騷動(dòng)。

5. Much of the plan runs counter to European agriculture and environmental policy.: 該計(jì)劃的很多內(nèi)容與歐洲農(nóng)業(yè)及環(huán)境方面的政策相沖突。