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V-ERG
（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.
例句
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。
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N-UNCOUNT
平衡能力
Balance is the ability to remain steady when you are standing up.
例句
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。
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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.
例句
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。
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N-SING
（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.
例句
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。
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N-SING
（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.
例句
...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。
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VERB
权衡；对比；斟酌
If you balance one thing against another, you consider its importance in relation to the other one.
例句
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。
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VERB
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.
例句
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。
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V-ERG
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.
例句
...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。
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N-COUNT
（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.
例句
I'd like to check the balance in my account please.
请查一下我的账户余额。
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N-SING
（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.
例句
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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PHRASE
悬而未决；待定
If something hangs in the balance, it is uncertain whether it will happen or continue.
例句
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。
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PHRASE
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.
例句
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。
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PHRASE
（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.
例句
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。
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PHRASE
惊慌失措；迷惑不解
If you are thrown off balance by something, you are surprised or confused by it.
例句
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。
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PHRASE
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.
例句
On balance he agreed with Christine.
总的来说，他同意克里斯蒂娜的意见。