单词 | balance |
例句 | balance noun 1.•I tripped and lost my balance:stability, equilibrium, steadiness, footing. ANT instability. 2.•political balance in broadcasting:fairness, justice, impartiality, evenhandedness, egalitarianism, equal opportunity | parity, equity, equilibrium, equipoise, evenness, symmetry, correspondence, uniformity, equality, equivalence, comparability. ANT imbalance. 3.•this stylistic development provides a balance to the rest of the work:counterbalance, counterweight, stabilizer, compensation. 4.•the food was weighed on a balance:scale(s), weighing machine. 5.•the balance of the rent:remainder, outstanding amount, rest, residue, difference, remaining part.▶verb 1.•she balanced the book on her head:steady, stabilize, poise, level. 2.•he balanced his radical remarks with more familiar declarations:counterbalance, balance out, offset, even out/up, counteract, compensate for, make up for. 3.•their income and expenditure do not balance:correspond, agree, tally, match up, concur, coincide, be in agreement, be consistent, equate, be equal. 4.•you need to balance cost against benefit:weigh, weigh up, compare, evaluate, consider, assess, appraise, judge. PHRASES in the balance •thanks to these dismal sales figures, everyone's job is in the balance:uncertain, undetermined, unsettled, unresolved, unsure, pending, in limbo, up in the air, at a turning point, critical, at a critical stage, at a crisis. on balance •on balance, I'd say the scenery for Act II is coming along great:overall, all in all, all things considered, taking everything into consideration/account, by and large, on average. |
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