0 a state where things are of equal weight or force -- 平衡
I would say that, on balance, it hasn't been a bad year. 大體說來,我認為今年還不錯。
We must strike a balance between reckless spending and penny-pinching (= try to have something between these two things). 我們必須合理開支,既不肆意揮霍,也不要一毛不拔。
New tax measures are designed to redress the balance (= make the situation more equal) between rich and poor. 新的稅收措施旨在使貧富差距趨於合理。
She had to hold onto the railings to keep her balance (= to stop herself from falling). 她必須扶著圍欄才能保持平衡。
The toddler wobbled and lost his balance (= started to fall sideways). 那個剛學走路的小孩搖搖晃晃的,走了幾步就失去平衡。
1 a device used for weighing things, consisting of two dishes hanging on a bar that shows when the contents of both dishes weigh the same -- 天平,秤
2 the amount of money you have in a bank account, or the amount of something that you have left after you have spent or used up the rest -- 結存,結餘
3 to be in a position where you will stand without falling to either side, or to put something in this position -- (使)平衡
If the business loses any more money, we won't be able to balance the books this year. 如果企業繼續虧損,我們今年將難以達到收支平衡。
Stringent measures were introduced so that the government could balance its budget/the economy. 政府採取了緊縮銀根的政策,以期能平衡預算/使經濟保持平衡。
I struggle to balance work and family commitments. 我努力地在工作和家庭責任之間尋求平衡。
She balanced a huge pot effortlessly on her head and walked down to the river. 她穩穩頂著一個大陶罐,輕鬆地走向河邊。
The flamingos balanced gracefully on one leg. 火烈鳥單腳獨立,優雅地保持著平衡。
Equations (2.7b, c) represent the shear and normal-stress balances.
Here the pressure transport and convection are vanishingly small and the gain of energy by production is balanced by diffusion and dissipation.
The effects of local selection, balanced polymorphism and background selection on equilibrium patterns of genetic diversity in subdivided populations.
Evidence for balancing selection at the major histocompatibility complex in a free-living ruminant.
A simple genealogical structure of strongly balanced allelic lines and trans-species evolution of polymorphism.
The motivation for adding such complexity to the already complex situation of balancing selection in subdivided populations is two-fold.
A choice between rough equals is balanced, but not in the fine way that a choice between exact equals is.
More often than not, however, the distribution of text between the prima parte and seconda parte is not balanced.