新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

counterIELTS重点词汇

英 [ˈkaʊntə]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

counters
1. [C 可数名词] 柜台
In a place such as a shop or café, a counter is a long narrow table or flat surface at which customers are served.
双语例句
例：
those guys we see working behind the counter at our local camera shop.
我们见到的在本地摄像器材商店柜台后工作的那些家伙。
2. [C 可数名词] 计数器
A counter is a mechanical or electronic device which keeps a count of something and displays the total.
双语例句
例：
The new answering machine has a call counter.
这种新型的电话答录机有一个通话计数器。
3. [C 可数名词] 棋子
A counter is a small, flat, round object used in board games.
双语例句
例：
a versatile book which provides boards and counters for fifteen different games.
一本为15种不同棋类游戏提供棋盘和棋子的多功能书。
4. [SING 单数型名词] 抵消物
Something that is a counter to something else has an opposite effect to it or makes it less effective.
双语例句
例：
NATO's traditional role as a counter to the military might of the Warsaw Pact.
北大西洋公约组织作为华沙公约组织军事力量的遏制力量的传统角色。

PHRASE. 习语

over the counter
1. 不用开处方地
If a medicine can be bought over the counter, you do not need a prescription to buy it.
双语例句
例：
Are you taking any other medicines whether on prescription or bought over the counter?
你在服用其他什么处方或非处方药？
例：
over-the-counter medicines.
非处方药。
2. 不通过交易所的
Over-the-counter shares are bought and sold directly rather than on a stock exchange.
双语例句
例：
In national over-the-counter trading yesterday, Clarcor shares tumbled $6.125 to close at $35.625.
昨天在全国场外交易中，克拉克股票下跌了6.125美元，以35.625美元收盘。

VERB. 动词

counters , countering , countered
1. [I 不及物动词] 抵消 , 抗衡
If you do something to counter a particular action or process, you do something which has an opposite effect to it or makes it less effective.
双语例句
例：
The leadership discussed a plan of economic measures to counter the effects of such a blockade.
领导层讨论了一项经济措施计划来抵消这类封锁的影响。
例：
It should allow international observers to monitor them, to counter claims that the ballots are rigged.
应允许国际观察员监控他们，以平息投票被操纵的言论。
例：
Sears countered by filing an antitrust lawsuit.
西尔斯通过提交反垄断诉讼进行了反击。

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