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 -- 柜台

  • There was nobody behind/on the counter when I went into the bank, and I had to wait to be served. 我进银行时柜台后没人，我只得等候有人出来服务。

  • You will find sausages on the meat counter/rolls on the bread counter. 你会在肉柜台找到香肠／在面包柜台找到面包卷。

  • We stacked the dirty plates on the kitchen counter. 我们把脏碟子堆放在厨房的操作台上。

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

• 2 a person or machine that counts -- 计数的人；计数器

• 3 to react to something with an opposing opinion or action, or to defend yourself against something -- 反驳；反对；对抗

  • After the government bombed their camp, the rebels countered with an attack on the capital. 政府轰炸了叛军的营地之后，叛军袭击首都作为还击。

  • When criticisms were made of the school's performance, the parents' group countered with details of its exam results. 当有人对学校的业绩提出批评时，家长团举出具体的考试成绩予以反驳。

  • Extra police have been moved into the area to counter the risk of violence. 加派了警察进驻该地区以镇压可能出现的暴力事件。

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

  • Bob's decision not to take the job ran counter to his family's expectations. 鲍勃不接受这份工作的决定与其家人的期望相悖。

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

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