Counterbalance
['kaʊntə,bæl(ə)ns] or [,kaʊntɚ'bæləns]
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract the power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to balance.
(n.) A weight, power, or agency, acting against or balancing another
(n.) A mass of metal in one side of a driving wheel or fly wheel, to balance the weight of a crank pin, etc., on the opposite side of the wheel
(n.) A counterpoise to balance the weight of anything, as of a drawbridge or a scale beam.
整理:威尔伯
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. [1]. Counterpoise, balance.[2]. Countervail, compensate, set off, make up for.
校對:迈克尔
例句/造句/用法:
- He had no weapon, excepting a poniard at his belt, which served to counterbalance the weight of the bunch of rusty keys that hung at his right side. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- No incitement to the attention of the sovereign can ever counterbalance the smallest discouragement to that of the landlord. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- With these I deal not, he continued, holding the train of her robe--it is thee only I address; and what can counterbalance thy choice? 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The nature of those circumstances is such, that they make up for a small pecuniary gain in some, and counterbalance a great one in others. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Van Elvean, also of England, in 1858 invented counterbalance weights for such lifts. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- And, secondly, this bad policy is not in those countries counterbalanced by the general liberty and security of the people. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- This not only guided the flight of the machine, but counterbalanced the changes of the centre of air-pressure. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The car is connected to wire cables passing over large sheaves at the top of the well room to a counterbalancing bucket. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
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