balance

出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中央民族大学出版社《新英汉大词典上》第96页（646字）

【词性】：n．

【释义】：

①均衡〔the balance of two boys on a seesaw在跷跷板上均衡的两个男孩〕②平衡〔He lost his balance when he looked down from the ladder．当他从梯子上向下看时失去了平衡。

〕③情绪的稳定④收付平衡⑤银行结余⑥收付差额⑦［口］余额〔I carried some of the groceries，and the store delivered the balance．我自己携带了一些食杂品，商店把其他的送到我家。〕⑧天平，称⑨平衡轮，摆轮‖ v．①称②平衡〔The seal balanced the ball on his nose．海豹平衡地用鼻子顶球。The dancer balanced on her toes．舞蹈演员用足尖调解她身体的重心。〕③使平衡〔If you and I sit in the front and father in the back，we can balance the boat．如果你和我坐在前面，爸爸坐在后面，我们就可以使船保持平衡。〕④与…相抵；抵销〔His kind acts balanced his rough manner．他的善良行为与他的粗鲁态度相抵。〕⑤支出与收入相抵〔to balance a checking account结帐；in the balance悬而未决〕