These habits have helped companies earn billions of dollars when customers eat snacks or wipe counters almost without thinking, often in response to a carefully designed set of daily cues.

当消费者响应那些精心设计好的日常暗示、几乎不假思索地去吃零食小吃或擦柜台之时，这些习惯已经为多家公司赚得了数十亿美元。

And there was a shortage of check-in desks.

还有，值机柜台数量不足。

Well, just set it down on the counter.

它放在柜台上。

Twitter is filled with the fulminations of aggrieved travellers who wait hours at an airport counter only to be given a minivan-or nothing at all.

推特上充斥着愤愤不平的旅客的谴责，他们在机场柜台前等待数小时只等到了辆面包车——或者空空如也。

My dad owned a luncheonette in downtown Manhattan, a small store, and I would work behind the counter when I went to high school.

我父亲在曼哈顿市中心的家小商店里开了家小餐馆，上高中时我会在柜台后面工作。

To keep the crowds moving, Katz's is set up with multiple carvers at multiple counters.

为了让人群保持流动，凯茨在多柜台设置了多雕刻工。

They abandoned the drive-in concept in favor of a walk-up counter, and they stopped using cutlery and dishes entirely, replacing them with disposable paper packaging.

他们放弃了免下车理念，改成行进入的柜台，他们用次性纸包装取代了餐具。

Yes. But any problems, please phone or come down to reception. Breakfast is served from 7 to 10 o'clock in the Green Hall and checkout time is 11 o'clock.

如果您有任何问题，请打电话或直接下楼找柜台人员。早餐从7点到10点在绿厅用餐，退房时间是11 点整。

The man behind the shop counter was in fact a frightened shop clerk.

其实在这柜台后面的人是受了惊吓的店员。

You can get a card from the counter here - it doesn't take coins.

你可以从柜台这里领取张卡，那里不收取硬币。

When you pull up in your taxi or your car, he will come, take your bags inside to the, front desk.

当你下车或是下出租车，他会上前替你行李，拿到柜台。

There! The check-in counters are over there.

那里！办理登机手续的柜台在那里。

Usually they put a tray on a counter, or they hold it, and they say: " Take one. Do it. Take one." So you are physically taking the sample.

通常他们托盘放在柜台上，或者他们拿着托盘，他们说：“拿。做吧。拿。” 所以你正在亲自试吃东西。

I've left a message for you at the counter.

我在柜台给你留了口信。

To change currency, you have to go over to the fifth teller on the left.

您需要到左边的五号柜台兑换货币。

Pound it on the counter a few times to flatten it out.

在柜台上敲几下，将其震平。

I left my bag of film on the counter.

我装底片的旅行袋遗失在柜台上了。

A bar is also the word to describe the long wooden counter that drinks are put on when you order - or ask for - a drink.

" bar" 这词也是用来描述放置你点的饮料的长木柜台。

You can bring your U-card to the library counter or phone to the renewals hotline.

你可以带着你的 Ucard 到图书馆柜台或打电话到续借热线。

While they were busy like this, Ben Price entered the bank and looked around.

这时候，本·普赖斯逛了进来，胳臂肘支在柜台上，有意无意地向栅栏里瞥去。