under-the-counter

基本解釋

In health, schooling and other public services, bad state provision fuels a huge under-the-counter market—creating in turn vested interests opposed to any change.
在醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生，教育以及其他公共服務(wù)中，政府管理的不足滋生了規(guī)模龐大的黑市— 既得的利益反過(guò)來(lái)促成了反對(duì)任何變革的局面。
The tradition of eating and giving mooncakes to relatives and friends has evolved into a great opportunity for a little under-the-counter wealth distribution.
傳統(tǒng)的品嘗和饋贈(zèng)親友的月餅發(fā)展成了私下里攀比財(cái)富的工具，有點(diǎn)變了味。
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The state's chief minister acknowledged that control had been ceded to the military and National Security Guards, a federal counter-terrorism group under the Home Ministry.
馬哈拉施特拉邦首席部長(zhǎng)承認(rèn)，軍方和國(guó)家安全警衛(wèi)隊(duì)已經(jīng)接過(guò)了控制當(dāng)?shù)鼐謩?shì)的職責(zé)。國(guó)家安全警衛(wèi)隊(duì)是隸屬于印度內(nèi)政部的一個(gè)聯(lián)邦反恐組織。

Several hundred U.S.military personnel are in the Philippines advising the country's forces on counter-insurgency tactics under the bilateral Visiting Forces Agreement or VFA.
U.S.-Venezuelan relations since the populist Mr.Chavez was first elected in 1998 have been increasingly difficult, and he said in Moscow the new arms are to counter a U.S.-Colombian agreement last month under which U.S.forces will have access to several Colombian military bases.

Additional under-the-counter bribes became a routine part of town-hall business, say investigators.
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So designers are seeing under-the-counter microwaves, dishwashers set into drawers that match existing cabinetry, and in-cabinet coffee makers with their own water lines installed.
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