counter
counter 英 [ˈkaʊntə(r)] 美 [ˈkaʊntɚ]
n. 柜台；计数器；反驳 v. 反驳；抵制
进行时:countering 过去式:countered 过去分词:countered 第三人称单数:counters 名词复数:counters
- A counter is a surface used for making transactions in a store or in a home kitchen for preparing food. In a store, you pay for items at the counter.
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- n. 柜台；计数器；反驳
- v. 反驳；抵制
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1. I asked the woman behind the counter if they had any postcards.
我问柜枱后面的女售货员是否有明信片。
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2. The needle on the rev counter soared.
转速计的指针猛升。
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3. The employers' association was seen as a counter to union power.
雇主协会被看作是工会权力的对头。
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4. These tablets are available over the counter.
这些药片不用处方就可买到。
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5. Such arguments are not easily countered.
这种论点不易反驳。
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6. ‘But I was standing right here!’ he countered.
“但我那时就站在这！”他反驳道。
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7. Butler has countered with a lawsuit against the firm.
巴特勒反诉了这家公司。
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8. Businesses would like to see new laws to counter late payments of debts.
商界希望见到对付债务逾期不还的新法律出台。
- counter (adj.) 1590s, "acting in opposition," from counter (adv.) or counter-. From 1823 as "duplicate."
- counter (adv.) "contrary, in opposition, in an opposite direction," mid-15c., from counter- or from Anglo-French and Old French contre "against," both ultimately from Latin contra (see contra (prep., adv.)). As a preposition, "contrary to, opposite, against," mid-15c.
- counter (n.1) mid-14c., "table where a money lender does business," from Old French contouer, comptoir "counting room; table or bench of a merchant or bank" (14c.), from Medieval Latin computatorium "place of accounts," from Latin computatus, past participle of computare "to count, sum up, reckon together" (see compute).
- counter (n.2) c. 1300, countour, "one who counts or reckons, an accountant, a local tax official," from Anglo-French countour, which is from an Old French merger of Latin computator and Medieval Latin computatorium, both ultimately from Latin computare "to count, sum up, reckon together" (see compute).
- counter (n.3) early 15c., "that which is counter or opposite," from counter-. From c. 1500 as "a circular parry in fencing," from counter (adv.); boxing sense of "a counter-punch" is by 1857.
- counter (v.) "go against, come against, engage in combat," late 14c., short for acountren, encountren (see encounter (v.)). In boxing, "to give a return blow while receiving or parrying a blow from one's opponent," by 1861. Related: Countered; countering.
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