Balance
['bæl(ə)ns] or ['bæləns]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity.
(noun.) equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account.
(noun.) the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account.
(noun.) equality of distribution.
(noun.) a state of equilibrium.
(verb.) compute credits and debits of an account.
(verb.) bring into balance or equilibrium; 'She has to balance work and her domestic duties'; 'balance the two weights'.
(verb.) be in equilibrium; 'He was balancing on one foot'.
戈登編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) An apparatus for weighing.
(n.) Act of weighing mentally; comparison; estimate.
(n.) Equipoise between the weights in opposite scales.
(n.) The state of being in equipoise; equilibrium; even adjustment; steadiness.
(n.) An equality between the sums total of the two sides of an account; as, to bring one's accounts to a balance; -- also, the excess on either side; as, the balance of an account.
(n.) A balance wheel, as of a watch, or clock. See Balance wheel (in the Vocabulary).
(n.) The constellation Libra.
(n.) The seventh sign in the Zodiac, called Libra, which the sun enters at the equinox in September.
(n.) A movement in dancing. See Balance, v. i., S.
(n.) To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance.
(n.) To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling; as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance one's self on a tight rope.
(n.) To equal in number, weight, force, or proportion; to counterpoise, counterbalance, counteract, or neutralize.
(n.) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.
(n.) To settle and adjust, as an account; to make two accounts equal by paying the difference between them.
(n.) To make the sums of the debits and credits of an account equal; -- said of an item; as, this payment, or credit, balances the account.
(n.) To arrange accounts in such a way that the sum total of the debits is equal to the sum total of the credits; as, to balance a set of books.
(n.) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally; as, to balance partners.
(n.) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass; as, to balance the boom mainsail.
(v. i.) To have equal weight on each side; to be in equipoise; as, the scales balance.
(v. i.) To fluctuate between motives which appear of equal force; to waver; to hesitate.
(v. i.) To move toward a person or couple, and then back.
錄入:莫拉
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Pair of scales.[2]. Equipoise, equilibrium, equality of weight.[3]. Excess, overplus, surplus.[4]. [Low, U. S.] Rest, residue, remainder.
v. a. [1]. Poise, keep in equipoise, hold in equilibrium.[2]. Counterpoise, counteract, neutralize, countervail, counterbalance, compensate, make up for.[3]. (Com.) Equalize, make equal.
杰米整理
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Weigh, poise, pit, et, counterpoise, counteract, neutralize, equalize,estimate, redress, adjust
ANT:Upset, tilt, cant, subvert, mispoise, overbalance
錄入:伦纳德
解釋/意思:
n. an instrument for weighing usually formed of two dishes or scales hanging from a beam supported in the middle: act of weighing two things: equality or just proportion of weight or power as the balance of power: the sum required to make the two sides of an account equal hence the surplus or the sum due on an account: what is needed to produce equilibrium a counterpoise: (watchmaking) a contrivance which regulates the speed of a clock or watch.—v.t. to weigh in a balance: to counterpoise: to compare: to settle as an account to examine and test accounts in book-keeping to make the debtor and creditor sides of an account agree.—v.i. to have equal weight or power &c.: to hesitate or fluctuate.—p.adj. Bal′anced poised so as to preserve equilibrium: well arranged stable.—ns. Bal′ancer an acrobat; Bal′ance-sheet a sheet of paper showing a summary and balance of accounts; Bal′ance-wheel a wheel in a watch or chronometer which regulates the beat or rate.
整理:普雷斯利
娱乐性解釋/意思：
Something wanted by book-keepers and often lost by topers. May be found in a cash-book or the kangaroo gait.
阿弗丽达整理
例句/造句/用法:
- It slid from its balance, owing to the change in its course against the currents of air. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- A balance, therefore, must necessarily be paid to them in gold and silver, and this balance, too, is generally found. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- In that case the steady pull on the balance will be one half the weight of the roller; or a force of 6 pounds will suffice to raise the 12-pound roller. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- They take with them neither wagons nor artillery; these latter marching with the balance of the army to the James River. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The Wrights’ system of balance, the great original feature of their invention, is attained by what is called the warping of the wings. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Memphis therefore was practically isolated from the balance of the command. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Such taxes, when destined for the maintenance of the state, have some advantages, which may serve in some measure to balance their inconveniency. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Faculties less delicately balanced, constitutions less tenderly organised, must have suffered under such an ordeal as this. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- A calculated, cast up, balanced, and proved house. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- It is right that the best and the worst of me should be fairly balanced before that time. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Your judgment is well balanced, your heart is kind, your principles are sound. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- No doubt this automatic and balanced theory of government suited admirably that distrust of the people which seems to have been a dominant feeling among the Fathers. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- It was a question whether our numerical strength and resources were not more than balanced by these disadvantages and the enemy's superior position. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- What does it offer in comparison with, as balanced over against, some other possibility? 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- The gun is fulcrumed in a lever frame provided with a counterpoise which more than balances the gun. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- In the latter case a force of 1 pound actually balances a force of 2 pounds, but the 1-pound weight is twice as far from the point of suspension as is the 2-pound weight. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The practical method of securing the proper and ready adaptation of balances to springs is to place in the rims of the balance a number of small screws having relatively heavy heads. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- An occupation is the only thing which balances the distinctive capacity of an individual with his social service. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- In this way one hand could control both the steering and the balancing of the planes. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The Papacy seemed to be balancing its traditional reliance upon the faithful Habsburgs against its quarrel with republican France. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- In practice, however, no such perfect conditions can obtain, hence the necessity of the provision for balancing in order to maintain the principle of independent control of each unit. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Pilcher, an Englishman, continued his experiments, trying the same method of balancing, but in September, 1899, his wings broke, and he met the same fate as his teacher. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- I sing the song as 'twas sung to me, said the Count blithely, balancing himself on one foot. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Becky consoled herself by so balancing the chances and equalizing the distribution of good and evil in the world. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- But the problem of balancing was not yet solved, and here Wilbur and Orville Wright entered upon the scene. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
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