0 a long, flat, narrow surface or table in a shop, bank, restaurant, etc. at which people are served:
1 a small object used to mark someone's place in some games played on boards
2 a person or machine that counts
3 to react to something with an opposing opinion or action, or to defend yourself against something:
4 in a way that opposes something:
Bob's decision not to take the job ran counter to his family's expectations.
5 opposing or as a reaction to something:
a counterattack (= an attack on someone who has attacked you)
6 a long, flat, narrow surface in a store, bank, restaurant, etc., at which people are served:
7 to react to something with an opposing opinion or action; to defend yourself against something:
9 the place where customers go to be served or to buy goods in a store:
10 goods or services that are sold or available over the counter can be bought or obtained without needing official permission, for example, from a doctor or someone in authority:
11 goods or services that are sold or available under the counter can be bought or obtained secretly and sometimes illegally:
He asked the man behind the counter to make up a box with a mixed selection of chocolates.
If you want to buy tickets, you need to go to the counter opposite.
Will passengers waiting to board please go to the ticket counter?
Each transaction at the foreign exchange counter seems to take forever.
This result runs counter to the demobilization hypothesis.
Running counter to this are two broad lines of argument.
Poverty has been the invisible counter-point to this focus on the world's elite.
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表面, 櫃枱, (廚房)操作枱,料理枱…
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表面, 柜台, (厨房)操作台…
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mostrador, encimera, mostrador [masculine]…
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balcão (de loja, de banco, etc.)…
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カウンター, 調理台…
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tezgâh, banko, mutfak tezgâhı…
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comptoir [masculine], plan [masculine] de travail, jeton…
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taulell…
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