N-COUNT [usually poss NOUN]職能(或地位)相當的人;對應的事物 Someone's or something's counterpart is another person or thing that has a similar function or position in a different place. 職能(或地位)相當的人;對應的事物
The Foreign Secretary telephoned his Italian counterpart to protest.
外交部長致電意大利外長表示抗議。
The Finnish organization was very different from that of its counterparts in the rest of the Nordic region.