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Balance Amount   [V N Phrase 短语 D V

英语单词 balance
英美音标 英 ['bæləns] 美 ['bæləns]
中文释义 n.平衡;天平;平静;结余;差额;调和;制衡
vt.权衡;使平衡;抵消;称重量
vi.均衡;建立平衡
英语例句 (1) The girl lost her balance and fell off the balance beam.
(2) Great care must be taken in the use of the balance.
(3) He used a very sensitive torsion balance.
(4) Sunday is a great time to balance out whatever area of your life has felt disordered as of late.
(5) We need to maintain some semblance of balance and some sense that we are steering the ship of our life.
(6) Kindly remit us the balance without delay .
(7) In other words, the balance of trade may deteriorate rather than improve.
(8) EBN is balance in Yin and Yang, sweet and mild, making it a surprisingly pleasant medicinal food.
(9) The balance of terror has replaced the balance of power.
(10) Locke's ideas on the power balance are still inspiring in modem societies.
(11) You have to balance the advantages of living in a big city against the disadvantages.
(12) The company will lay off workers to balance the budget.
(13) This year's profits will balance our previous losses.
(14) The dancer could balance on one toe.
(15) The aviator warped a wing tip to regain balance.
中文例句 (1) 小女孩失去了平衡,从平衡木上摔了下来。
(2) 这种天平使用时必须十分当心。
(3) 他利用了一架非常灵敏的扭力天平。
(4) 星期天是你最近动荡不安的生活得到平静的大好时机。
(5) 我们需要保持平静的外表,和一种我们掌握了我们的生活之舟的意识。
(6) 请立即把余额汇给我们。
(7) 换句话说,国际贸易差额不但不会改善,反而可能会恶化。
(8) 燕窝的特质是阴阳调和,带甜温和,使到其成为人们喜欢享用的保健品。
(9) 恐惧的制衡已经取代了强权的制衡。
(10) 洛克权力制衡思想对现代社会仍然具有启发意义。
(11) 你必须权衡住在大城市的利与弊。
(12) 这家公司会裁员,以平衡预算。
(13) 本年度的盈利将与上一年度的亏损相抵。
(14) 舞蹈演员可以用一个脚趾平衡。
(15) 飞行员使一机翼的端部翘起,以恢复平衡。
vocabulary简明 Balance is having the right amount — not too much or too little — of any quality, which leads to harmony or evenness. You might admire the balance someone has achieved between working hard and having fun.
vocabulary扩展 The noun form of balance can also describe finances: If you're making monthly payments on a loan, the total amount you still owe is the balance. Balance is also the physical steadiness that keeps you on your feet. You balance your weight between both sides of your body. Balance has a verb form that has several shades of meaning, typically involving one thing correctly weighed against another, like when you balance your budget.
柯林斯解释
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)保持平衡;(使)平稳 If you balance something somewhere, or if it balances there, it remains steady and does not fall.
  [V prep/adv]
  [V n prep/adv]
  • I balanced on the ledge...

    我在窗台上站稳。

  • He balanced a football on his head.

    他将一只足球稳稳地顶在头上。

2
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]平衡能力 Balance is the ability to remain steady when you are standing up.
  • The medicines you are currently taking could be affecting your balance.

    你现在服用的药物可能会影响身体的平衡能力。

3
[V-RECIP-ERG ]使(力量、重要性等)相等;使均衡;使持平 If you balance one thing with something different, each of the things has the same strength or importance.
  [V n with n]
  [V pl-n]
  [pl-n V]
  [Also V with n]
  • Balance spicy dishes with mild ones...

    做到辛辣菜和清淡菜比重相当。

  • The state has got to find some way to balance these two needs...

    国家必须找出平衡这两种需求的办法。

  • Supply and demand on the currency market will generally balance.

    货币市场上的供求将大致持平。

balanced
  • This book is a well balanced biography.

    此书是一部相当客观的传记。

4
[N-SING 单数名词](力量、重要性等的)均衡,均势 A balance is a situation in which all the different parts are equal in strength or importance.
  [with supp]
  • Their marriage is a delicate balance between traditional and contemporary values...

    他们的婚姻在传统和现代价值观之间保持着微妙平衡。

  • There was no other way to ensure that people would get the right balance of foods.

    没有其他方法可以确保人们饮食均衡。

  • ...the ecological balance of the forest.

    森林的生态平衡

5
[N-SING 单数名词](尤指冲突或比赛中的)局面,胜利天平 If you say that the balance tips in your favour, you start winning or succeeding, especially in a conflict or contest.
  [the N]
  • ...a powerful new gun which could tip the balance of the war in their favour...

    将使他们在战争中占据优势的威力巨大的新型火炮

  • The balance continues to swing away from final examinations to continuous assessment.

    期末考试渐渐被连续性评估所取代。

6
[VERB 动词]权衡;对比;斟酌 If you balance one thing against another, you consider its importance in relation to the other one.
  [V n against n]
  • She carefully tried to balance religious sensitivities against democratic freedom.

    她谨慎地试图对宗教情感和民主自由两者作出权衡。

7
[VERB 动词]使(预算、经济等)平衡 If someone balances their budget or if a government balances the economy of a country, they make sure that the amount of money that is spent is not greater than the amount that is received.
  [V n]
  • He balanced his budgets by rigid control over public expenditure.

    他通过严格控制公共开支保持预算平衡。

8
[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]结算(账目);(使)收支相等 If you balance your books or make them balance, you prove by calculation that the amount of money you have received is equal to the amount that you have spent.
  [V n]
  [V]
  • ...teaching them to balance the books...

    教他们结平账目

  • To make the books balance, spending must fall and taxes must rise.

    为了使收支相等,必须减少支出,增加税收。

9
[N-COUNT 可数名词](银行账户的)余额,余数,结存 The balance in your bank account is the amount of money you have in it.
  [usu with supp]
  • I'd like to check the balance in my account please.

    请查一下我的账户余额。

10
[N-SING 单数名词](钱款的)剩余部分 The balance of an amount of money is what remains to be paid for something or what remains when part of the amount has been spent.
  [the N]
  • They were due to pay the balance on delivery.

    他们应该在货到时支付余额。

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See also:
bank balance
    12
    [PHRASE 短语]悬而未决;待定 If something hangs in the balance, it is uncertain whether it will happen or continue.
      [PHR after v]
    • The fate of a project which could revolutionise the use of computers in hospitals hangs in the balance.

      可能给医院的计算机使用带来革命的项目仍然前途未明。

    13
    [PHRASE 短语]保持/失去平衡 If you keep your balance, for example when standing in a moving vehicle, you remain steady and do not fall over. If you lose your balance, you become unsteady and fall over.
      [V inflects]
    • She was holding onto the rail to keep her balance...

      她抓住扶手以保持平衡。

    • He swung around, almost losing his balance.

      他蓦地转身,差点失去平衡。

    14
    [PHRASE 短语](身体)失去平衡,几近跌倒 If you are off balance, you are in an unsteady position and about to fall.
      [PHR after v]
    • A gust of wind knocked him off balance and he fell face down in the mud.

      一阵大风刮得他失去平衡,脸朝下摔在泥里。

    15
    [PHRASE 短语]惊慌失措;迷惑不解 If you are thrown off balance by something, you are surprised or confused by it.
      [PHR after v]
    • She was trying to behave as if his visit hadn't thrown her off balance.

      她尽力装作对他的造访并不吃惊。

    16
    [PHRASE 短语]权衡之后;全面考虑之后;总的来说 You can say on balance to indicate that you are stating an opinion after considering all the relevant facts or arguments.
      [PHR with cl]
    • On balance he agreed with Christine.

      总的来说,他同意克里斯蒂娜的意见。

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