单词 | run counter to |
释义 | run counter toSEE SYNONYMS FOR run counter to ON THESAURUS.COM Be in conflict with, oppose, as in Practice often runs counter to theory. This idiom, first recorded in 1843, uses counter in the sense of “in an opposite direction.” Words nearby run counter toruncible spoon, Runcie, runcinate, run circles around, Runcorn, run counter to, rundale, Rundi, rundle, rundlet, rundown The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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