counter是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a long, flat, narrow surface or table in a shop, bank, restaurant, etc. at which people are served -- 櫃枱

  • There was nobody behind/on the counter when I went into the bank, and I had to wait to be served. 我進銀行時櫃枱後沒人，我只得等候有人出來服務。

  • You will find sausages on the meat counter/rolls on the bread counter. 你會在肉櫃枱找到香腸／在麵包櫃枱找到麵包捲。

  • We stacked the dirty plates on the kitchen counter. 我們把髒碟子堆放在廚房的料理枱上。

• 1 a small object used to mark someone's place in some games played on boards -- （遊戲）籌碼

• 2 a person or machine that counts -- 計數的人；計數器

• 3 to react to something with an opposing opinion or action, or to defend yourself against something -- 反駁；反對；對抗

  • After the government bombed their camp, the rebels countered with an attack on the capital. 政府轟炸了叛軍的營地之後，叛軍襲擊首都作為還擊。

  • When criticisms were made of the school's performance, the parents' group countered with details of its exam results. 當有人對學校的表現提出批評時，家長會舉出具體的考試成績予以反駁。

  • Extra police have been moved into the area to counter the risk of violence. 加派了員警進駐該地區以鎮壓可能出現的暴力事件。

• 4 in a way that opposes something -- 相反地；對立地

  • Bob's decision not to take the job ran counter to his family's expectations. 鮑勃不接受這份工作的決定與其家人的期望相悖。

• 5 opposing or as a reaction to something -- 反，逆

  • a counterattack (= an attack on someone who has attacked you) 反擊；反攻