大家好,今天我們分享一個非常有用且地道的表達——under the counter, 這個短語的含義不是指「在櫃檯下面」,其正確的含義是:
under the counter (買賣等)私下 地 ;偷偷地
The liquor dealer was arrested for selling beer under the counter to teenagers.
那位酒商因私下向未成年人出售啤酒而被捕。
The kids managed to get cigarettes under the counter.
這些孩子暗地裡弄到了香菸。
If you're selling alcohol under the counter, you could get into a lot of trouble.
如果你在私下偷偷賣酒,你會遇到很多問題。
The drugstore owner was arrested for selling prescriptiondrugsliquor under the counter.
藥店老闆因為私自賣處方藥被抓了。
Most of the trading was done under the counter, through some form of black-market barter.
大部分完成的交易是私下進行地,通過某種形式的黑市進行交易。