under the counter

1 When they blamed him for the collapse of the bridge, he countered that his warnings about the bridge had been ignored.

2 “I could say the same thing about you,” she countered.

3 After she made her point, he could not counter with anything.

4 strong moral guidance at home is the best counter to the pernicious allure of popular culture

5 her version of the domestic dispute was almost the exact counter of what actually happened

6 was unprepared for such a strong counter campaign by opponents of the legislative bill

7 Baylor also was integral in what Hayes considers their toughest trick, which was elegantly simple: flipping two highlighter pens, one in each hand, to simultaneously stand on end on a counter.

8 At 24 inches wide, the front-load model is pretty compact and would be able to fit under a counter or inside a closet without issues.

9 In Britain pornography was once sold under the counter.

在英国，色情书画曾一度在暗地里出售。

10 The smugglers allegedly sold the gold under the counter, cheating the VAT man out of £5 million.

据说走私者暗地销售黄金，偷逃增值税达500万英镑。

11 Under the counter of the dhow the whale - boat was tossing furiously.

船尾下面,我们的救生艇在后面激烈地颠簸着.

12 They are selling the goods under the counter at reduced prices.

他们正在削价偷偷出售商品.

13 The liquor dealer was arrested for selling beer under the counter to teenagers.

酒商因私下售酒给少年而被捕.

14 The mouse remained under the counter to avoid the cat.

老鼠一直呆在柜台下面以躲开那只猫.

15 I sense they are running under - the - counter deals on the side.

我感觉他们在另外经营非法生意(作为副业).

16 She reached under the counter for her purse and took out a $ 20 bill.

她从柜台下面拿出了钱包取了20块钱出来.

1 秘密

underground backstage private dark secret closet confidential covert arcane clandestine backdoor underhand furtive surreptitious hush-hush closely privately covertly in camera confidence secrecy trade secret crypto- like a thief in the night on the quiet on the side in secret behind closed doors under wraps in confidence stealthy ulterior backstreet cloak-and-dagger hole-and-corner inwardly on the downlow behind the scenes on the sly hidden closed intimate shady undercover shadowy backroom closed-door backstairs secretly on the q.t behind closeddoors by the back door

2 私下地

privately in private on the quiet

3 非法

illegal shady illicit bogus wrongful illegitimate illegality funny underground unlawful under-the-counter criminalize on the side

4 秘密地

backstage closely privately covertly like a thief in the night on the quiet on the side in secret behind closed doors in confidence inwardly on the downlow behind the scenes on the sly in camera underground secretly on the q.t behind closeddoors by the back door

5 走后门

pull strings by the back door

6 偷偷地

q.t. on the sly on the quiet

7 非法地

on the side

8 暗地里

on the quiet in secret backstreet hole-and-corner behind closed doors