en‧coun‧ter 1 W3 AC / ɪnkaʊntə $ -ər / 动词 [及物动词]

1 to experience something, especially problems or opposition

encounter problems/difficulties

They encountered serious problems when two members of the expedition were injured.

encounter opposition/resistance

The government has encountered strong opposition to its plans to raise income tax.

The doctor had encountered several similar cases in the past.

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In everyday English, people usually say come across problems/difficulties rather than encounter problems/difficulties and come up against opposition/resistance rather than encounter opposition/resistance :

Did you come across any problems?

We came up against quite a lot of opposition from local people.

2 formal to meet someone without planning to :

I first encountered him when studying at Cambridge.