n.柜臺(tái)；籌碼；計(jì)數(shù)器；反駁
adj.相反的
adv.與…相反地
v.反對(duì)；反擊
He placed the money on the counter. 他把錢放在柜臺(tái)上。
Shoppers got into a scrum round the bargain counter. 顧客在廉價(jià)品柜臺(tái)周圍你爭我奪。
The circuit is a conventional ring counter. 此線路是一個(gè)普通的環(huán)形計(jì)數(shù)器。
用作形容詞 (adj.)They had always had the counter effect of making him beastly. 女人總產(chǎn)生相反的效果，使他更像野獸。
用作副詞 (adv.)He acted counter to his promise. 他的行動(dòng)與他的諾言相反。
The result ran counter to our expectation. 結(jié)果與我們的期望相反。
用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)I counter their plan with my own. 我用自己的方案去反對(duì)他們的計(jì)劃。
He hit me but I did not counter. 他打了我,但我沒有還手。
counter的基本意思是“對(duì)抗”“反駁”,指對(duì)立面采取的行動(dòng)或行為,雖未必存在敵意,但確實(shí)產(chǎn)生了沖突或處于緊張狀態(tài)。
counter用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),可接名詞或名詞從句作賓語。用作不及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),常與介詞with搭配,表示“還擊”。
