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under-the-counter

/uhn-der-thuh-koun-ter/US // ˈʌn dər ðəˈkaʊn tər //

柜台下的,柜台下,场外交易,柜面下

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : sold clandestinely.
    • : illegal; unauthorized: under-the-counter payments.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inunlawful
as inclandestine

Examples

  • “The institution of marraige [sic] is under attack in our society and it needs to be strengthened,” Bush wrote.

  • France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.

  • It is grandstanding for a right rarely protected unless under immediate attack.

  • When Chérif got out of prison, he worked at the fish counter of a supermarket.

  • Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.

  • Under the one-sixth they appear as slender, highly refractive fibers with double contour and, often, curled or split ends.

  • The Pontellier and Ratignolle compartments adjoined one another under the same roof.

  • The Majesty on high has a colony and a people on earth, which otherwise is under the supremacy of the Evil One.

  • Poor Squinty ran and tried to hide under the straw, for he knew the boy was talking about him.

  • For several months he remained under a political cloud, charged with incompetency to quell the Philippine Rebellion.

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