under-the-counter

常见例句

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.
在医疗卫生，教育以及其他公共服务中，政府管理的不足滋生了规模庞大的黑市— 既得的利益反过来促成了反对任何变革的局面。
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.
传统的品尝和馈赠亲友的月饼发展成了私下里攀比财富的工具，有点变了味。
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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.
马哈拉施特拉邦首席部长承认，军方和国家安全警卫队已经接过了控制当地局势的职责。国家安全警卫队是隶属于印度内政部的一个联邦反恐组织。

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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The aptly-named Party Dishwasher sports a sleek, silver finish and your standard under-the-counter boxy design, but what it lacks in originality outside, it certainly makes up for inside.
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