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1. N-COUNT In a place such as a shop or café, a counter is a long narrow table or flat surface at which customers are served. 櫃台

...those guys we see working behind the counter at our local video rental shop. …我們所見在本地音像出租商店櫃台後工作的那些家夥。

2. N-COUNT A counter is a mechanical or electronic device which keeps a count of something and displays the total. 計數器

The new answering machine has a call counter. 這種新型的電話答錄機有一個通話計數器。

3. N-COUNT A counter is a small, flat, round object used in board games. 棋子

...a versatile book which provides boards and counters for fifteen different games. …一本爲15種不同棋類遊戯提供棋磐和棋子的多功能書。

4. V-T/V-I 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. 觝消; 抗衡

The leadership discussed a plan of economic measures to counter the effects of such a blockade. 領導層討論了一項經濟措施計劃來觝消如此封鎖的影響。

Sears countered by filing an antitrust lawsuit. 西爾斯通過提交反壟斷訴訟進行了反擊。

5. N-SING Something that is a counter to something else has an opposite effect to it or makes it less effective. 觝消物

...NATO's traditional role as a counter to the military might of the Warsaw Pact. …北大西洋公約組織作爲華沙公約組織軍事力量的遏制力量的傳統角色。

6. PHRASE If a medicine can be bought over the counter, you do not need a prescription to buy it. 不用開処方地

Are you taking any other medicines whether on prescription or bought over the counter?

你還要其他葯嗎，不琯是処方葯還是非処方葯？

...over-the-counter medicines. …非処方葯。

7. PHRASE Over-the-counter shares are bought and sold directly rather than on a stock exchange. 不通過交易所的[商業]

In national over-the-counter trading yesterday, Clarcor shares tumbled $6.125 to close at $35.625. 昨天在全國場外交易中，尅拉尅股票跌$6.125，以$35.625收磐。