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| 单词 | under the counter |
| 释义 | under the counterphrase See full dictionary entry for counterIf someone buys or sells goods under the counter, they buy or sell them secretly and illegally. The smugglers allegedly sold the gold under the counter, cheating the VAT man outof £5 million. under the counter in British English(under-the-counter when prenominal) See full dictionary entry for counter(of the sale of goods, esp goods in short supply) clandestine, surreptitious, or illegal; not in an open manner under-the-counter in British English (ˈʌndəðəˈkaʊntə) adjective (prenominal) counter1 (sense 6) under the counter in American English in a surreptitious manner said of sales, payments, etc. made illegally or unethicallyunder-the-counter in American English (ˈʌndərðəˈkaʊntər) adjective Informal done, sold, given, etc. secretly in an unlawful or unethical way : also ˈunˈder-the-table (ˈʌndərðəˈteɪbəl) under the countersecretly. The usual American expression is under the table. Most of the trading was done under the counter, through some form of black-marketbarter. Examples of 'under the counter' in a sentence |
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