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

• 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。
• The counter-argument is that it is in the Europeans 'interest to receive unbiased and independent advice from the IMF.
  反对者认为，接受IMF公正、独立的意见符合欧洲人的利益。
• 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。
• 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。
• I first introduce the concept and legal source of the system of unstable counter-argument right.
  首先介绍了不安抗辩权的概念和法律渊源。
• 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。
• But his conservative outlook means that he does not seriously consider an obvious counter-argument: that it might be rational for the US to accept a shift in power in the Pacific region towards a rising China.
  但他的保守立场意味着，他不会认真考虑下面这个显而易见的反论点：对美国而言，接受太平洋地区力量平衡朝崛起中的中国倾斜，或许是一种理智的选择。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。