counter1
  
  
	      			KK: [ˈkaʊntɚ]
	      			DJ: [ˈkauntǝ]
  
    n.[C]
    
      - 櫃臺;櫃臺式長桌
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I bought the watch at the jewelry 
counter.
這只表是我在珠寶櫃買的。
 
      - 籌碼
 
      - 偽造的硬幣;硬幣
 
      - (討價還價的)本錢,有利條件
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The new missiles will be useful as a bargaining 
counter in the arms control talks.
新飛彈在控制軍備談判中作為討價還價的籌碼將很有用處。
 
    
   
  片語
  
    under the counter
    
      - 私下地;非法地
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They are selling the goods 
under the counter at reduced prices.
他們正在削價偷偷出售商品。
 
    
   
  辨析
  
 
  
    
counter2
  
  
	      			KK: [ˈkaʊntɚ]
	      			DJ: [ˈkauntǝ]
  
    n.[C]
    
      - 計算者
 
      - 計算器,計數器
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Set the 
counter to zero and you will know where the recording starts.
將計數器定到零,你就會知道錄音從哪兒開始。
 
    
   
  辨析
  
 
  
    
counter3
  
  
	      			KK: [ˈkaʊntɚ]
	      			DJ: [ˈkauntǝ]
  
    ad.
    
      - 反方向地,相反地[(+to)]
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He acted 
counter to old conventions.
他的行為與舊習俗背道而馳。
 
    
    a.
    
      - 相反的;反對的;對立的[F][(+to)]
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Our neighbor's opinion was 
counter to that of my parents.
我家鄰居的意見與我父母的意見相反。
 
    
    n.[C]
    
      - 相反之事物;對立物
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I am inclined to believe the 
counter of what was said.
我傾向於相信與傳說相反之事。
 
      - (拳擊的)回拳,還擊
 
      - (鞋的)主跟,後幫
 
      - (馬的)前胸部
 
      - 船尾突出部
 
    
    vt.
    
      - 反對;反擊;反駁;抵銷
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He 
countered my plan with one of his own.
他用他自己的計畫與我的計畫抗衡。
 
      - (拳擊時)還擊
 
    
    vi.
    
      - 反對;反擊;反駁
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He hit me but I did not 
counter.
他打了我,但我沒有還手。
 
      - (拳擊時)還擊
 
    
   
  片語
  
    counter to
    
      - 相反地
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We should not act 
counter to our promise.
我們不應違背自己的諾言。
 
    
   
  辨析
  
 
  
    
counter1
  
  n.
    - a long flat-topped fitment across which business is conducted in a shop or food and drinks are served. 
▸N. Amer. a worktop.
 - a small disc used in board games for keeping the score or as a place marker. 
▸a token representing a coin.
 - a factor used to give one party an advantage in negotiations.
 - a person or thing that counts something. 
▸Physics  an apparatus used for counting individual ionizing particles or events.
 
 
  Phrase
  
  Etymology
  ME (in sense 2): from OFr. conteor, from med. L. computatorium, from L. computare (see compute).
 
  
    
counter2
  
  v.
  - speak or act in opposition or response to.
 - Boxing  give a return blow while parrying.
 
adv.
 
(
counter to)
 in the opposite direction to or in conflict with.
adj.
 responding to something of the same kind, especially in opposition:
 argument and counter argument.
n.
    - an act or speech which counters something else.
 - Boxing  a counterpunch.
 - the curved part of the stern of a ship projecting aft above the waterline.
 - Printing  the white space enclosed by a letter such as O or c.
 
 
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. contre, from L. contra ‘against’.
 
  
    
counter3
  
  n.
 the back part of a shoe or boot, enclosing the heel.
 
  Etymology
  C19: abbrev. of counterfort ‘buttress’, from Fr. contrefort.