counter-argument

英 [ˈkaʊntə(r) ˈɑːɡjumənt]

美 [ˈkaʊntər ˈɑːrɡjumənt]

n.  反驳; 抗辩

复数：counter-arguments　

柯林斯词典

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 counterargument


• N-COUNT 反驳;抗辩
  Acounter-argumentis an argument that makes an opposing point to another argument.
  1. ...an attempt to develop a counter-argument to the labor theory.
     试图对劳动价值理论进行反驳

双语例句

• So seductive is the argument that the US should cut out the middle-man, that Mike Green, a top adviser on east Asia under President George W. Bush and a paid-up member of the Popeye Club, felt obliged to spell out the counter-argument in recent congressional testimony.
  美国应该去掉中间人的论点是如此有吸引力，以至于最近在国会作证时，在乔治布什（GeorgeW.Bush）时期担任东亚事务高级顾问的迈克格林（MikeGreen）感到有必要阐明相反的论据。
• The usual counter-argument to such bearishness is that China is re-focusing its economy on services, which are less energy-intensive and have no real correlation to rail cargoes.
  对此，常用的反驳论据是，中国经济正将重心转移到服务业上，而服务业能源密集性较低，而且不会影响铁路货运。
• As a unique system of civil law countries, the system of unstable counter-argument right has had an important influence on Contract Law of many countries.
  作为大陆法系特有的制度，不安抗辩权制度对很多国家合同立法产生了重要影响。
• For the past generation it has been US multinationals that have made the counter-argument that a stronger and more prosperous China could be good for America.
  一代人以来，美国跨国企业一直发出针锋相对的声音：一个更加强大、繁荣的中国，对美国或许是好事。
• Steeped in the orthodoxy that a weak currency was in Japan's national interest, he was struck by the force of the counter-argument, particularly since it came from an enthused consumer, the perennial weak link in Japan's economy.
  笃信弱势货币符合日本国家利益正统观点的他，对相反观点的影响力感到震惊，尤其这一观点还来自一位充满热情的消费者&消费可是日本经济长期疲软的一环。
• The common counter-argument to this is that craving can be enjoyable.
  最常见的反面论点，渴望是值得享受的。
• Once people have been randomly allocated to groups, the counter-argument about self-selection is ruled out.
  一旦人们被随机分配到各组，就排除了自我选择的反对理由。
• His counter-argument was that if he were home he would have recorded it himself, so there was no difference.
  他抗辩说如果他当时在家，他也会记录下来，因此没什么不同。
• But there is a powerful counter-argument, too: some business leaders retort that companies would actually do better to focus on their primary function – namely the business of making money – and leave governments to worry about those bigger social goals.
  但也有一些说服力强的反对论点：一些企业领袖反驳称，企业实际上最好把精力集中于主要职能（赚钱）上，而让政府去操心那些更大的社会目标。
• However, there is a counter-argument that will also be aired.
  然而，还有人会宣扬相反的一种观点。