一组关于counter的同源词
* counter
v. 反对, 反驳
I could ask the same thing of you,' she countered.
“我也可以同样要求你。”她反驳道。
* counterpart
n. 职务相当的人, 作用相当的事物
sb's counterpart
某人的职务相当的人
Belgian officials are discussing this with their French counterparts.
比利时官员与法国同级官员正在讨论此事。
* encounter 1
v. 偶然遇到(某人)
I first encountered him when studying at Cambridge.
我第一次遇到他是在剑桥读书时.
* encounter 2
遭遇, 遇到 (令人不快的事情)
They encountered serious problems when two members of the expedition were injured.
两名远征队员受伤, 他们遇到了严重的问题.

* contradict 1 = counter + speak
v. 反驳, 驳斥
All evening her husband contradicted everything she said.
整个晚上她说什么丈夫都跟她拌嘴。
* contradict 2
v. 相矛盾, 相抵触
The two stories contradict each other.
这两种说法相互抵触。
The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
富贵子弟喜欢反驳别人, 然而那些智慧的人则喜欢反驳自己 .
* controversial
a. (可能,容易)引起争议的
a controversial person
一个有争议的人
a controversial decision
一个有争议的决定
* controversy
n. 争议, 辩论, 争论
a political controversy
一个政治上的争议
the controversy surrounding Skinner's theories
围绕斯金纳的理论的争议
名前动后
* contrast 1
n. 差异, 差别
While there are similarities in the two cultures, there are also great contrasts.
这两种文化虽然有许多相似之处，但也有巨大的差异。
* contrast 2
v. 对照, 对比
The poem contrasts youth and age.
这首诗对比了青春与老年。
Compare the style of the two poems.
将这两首诗（的风格）加以比较.
* contrary
n. 反面; a. 相反的, 相对立的
On the contrary
恰恰相反
It wasn't a good thing; on the contrary it was a huge mistake.
那不是件好事，恰恰相反，是个巨大的错误。