N-COUNT [usually poss NOUN]职能(或地位)相当的人;对应的事物 Someone's or something's counterpart is another person or thing that has a similar function or position in a different place. 职能(或地位)相当的人;对应的事物
The Foreign Secretary telephoned his Italian counterpart to protest.
外交部长致电意大利外长表示抗议。
The Finnish organization was very different from that of its counterparts in the rest of the Nordic region.