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カウンター、窓口

店などで客が支払いをしたり、サービスを受けたりする高い台。

やさしい英語で： A flat raised surface where customers pay or are served in a shop or similar place.

• Pay at the counter, please.
• The assistant stood behind the counter.
• He left his change on the shop counter.

よく使う表現： shop counter, behind the counter, at the counter

調理台

台所で食べ物を準備するための平らな台。

やさしい英語で： A flat surface in a kitchen where you prepare food.

• Put the bread on the counter.
• She wiped the kitchen counter after cooking.
• Our new counters are made of stone.

類義語： countertop, worktop

よく使う表現： kitchen counter, on the counter, wipe the counter

駒、チップ

ゲームで数を数えたり、自分の位置を示したりする小さな平たい駒。

やさしい英語で： A small flat piece used for counting or marking your position in a game.

• Choose a red counter.
• She moved her counter three spaces forward.
• We used counters to practise adding numbers.

類義語： marker, token

よく使う表現： move a counter, plastic counter, game counter

返し技、カウンター

相手の攻撃に応じて、身を守ったり有利になったりするための技や動き。

やさしい英語で： A move made in response to an opponent’s attack to defend yourself or gain an advantage.

• He answered the punch with a quick counter.
• She knows a counter to that hold.
• The coach showed us several effective counters.

使い方： a counter to something (She practised a counter to that wrestling hold.)

類義語： countermove

よく使う表現： counter to something, effective counter, quick counter

数える人、集計係

物の数を数えたり、集計したりする人。

やさしい英語で： A person who counts things.

• Each counter checked a pile of votes.
• The counters worked late into the night.
• An experienced counter can spot mistakes quickly.

よく使う表現： vote counter, ballot counter, experienced counter

逆方向に

進むべき道や方向とは逆に。

やさしい英語で： In the wrong direction, against the proper path or course.

• The hound ran counter along the trail.
• One dog hunted counter and lost the scent.
• The hunter called back the hound that was running counter.

類義語： backwards

よく使う表現： run counter, hunt counter

反対の

何かと逆の向きにある、またはそれに対立する。

やさしい英語で： Opposite to something, or against it.

• His decision was counter to our wishes.
• They offered a counter argument during the debate.
• This approach is counter to the available evidence.

使い方： be counter to something (The proposal is counter to our agreed policy.)

類義語： opposing, contrary

よく使う表現： counter to something, counter argument, counter view