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  • Conjugation : past  balanced ; ing  balancing
  • Derivatives : adj  balanceable
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

balance ['bæləns]
  1. 1. noun [of person] [ object] (equilibrium) 平衡
  2. 2. noun [u/s] [fig] (in situation) 平衡
  3. 3. noun [c] (in bank account) 余额
  4. 4. noun [s] (remainder to be paid) 余欠之数
  5. 5. vt. [+object] 使平衡
  6. 6. vt. [+budget] [ account] 使收支平衡
  7. 7. vt. [+pros and cons] 权衡
  8. 8. vt. (compensate for) 弥补
  9. 9. vt. (make equal) 等量齐观
  10. 10. vi. [person] [ object+] 保持平衡
    to keep/lose one's balance
    保持/失去平衡
    off balance
    失去平衡
    to hang in the balance
    悬而未决
    on balance
    总的来看
    balance of payments
    国际收支差额
    balance of trade
    进出口贸易差额
    balance carried forward
    余额转下页
    balance brought forward
    余额承前页
    to balance the books
    平衡收支

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

balance [ˈbæləns]
  1. 1. n.[c/u] 平衡均势
    Dizziness is the broad term used to explain how we feel when our sense of balance isn't quite right.
    头晕一个宽泛术语,它用来解释我们平衡感不好时所具有感觉
  2. 2. n.[u] [Accounting] 收支平衡
    Whenever you cancel, we will repay any credit balance outstanding.
    任何时候如果取消那么我们返还所有存款结余
  3. 3. n.[c] 和谐,均称
    Humans need to find a balance with nature.
    人类需要大自然和谐相处
    In all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance.
    所有极为美丽东西都有相互对应的两个部分和相互平衡
  4. 4. noun 平均分配
    There are busy times and slower times and it's all about striking a balance with my work.
    有忙的时候不忙时候,这完全是个自己平衡工作的问题
  5. 5. n.[c] [Singular] 结余剩余量
    What's the leftover balance I need to pay?
    我们需要支付余额多少
    He took what he wanted and I got the balance.
    得到了他想要的,我也得到了我想要的。
  6. 6. n.[c] [Accounting] [Singular] 收支差额余额
  7. 7. n.[c] [Astronomy] 天秤座的人
  8. 8. n.[u] [Astrology] 天秤座天平座
  9. 9. n.[u] [Mathematics] 对称对称性
  10. 10. n.[c] 砝码秤砣
  11. 11. n.[c] 摆轮平衡轮
  12. 12. n.[c] 秤,天平
    The captive birds were trained to weigh themselves on electronic balances.
    笼鸟训练得自行在电子秤上称体重
  13. 13. n.[u] 平衡力
  14. 14. n.[u] 身心平衡
  15. 15. vt. 协调,使平衡,使均衡
    I can't balance work and home duties effectively.
    无法有效地平衡工作家务
    She has to balance work and her domestic duties.
    不得不平衡一下工作家庭责任
  16. 16. vt. [Accounting] 结算,使收支相等
    I balance my checkbook every weekend.
    每个周末结算我的支票簿
  17. 17. vi. [Accounting] 收支平衡
  18. 18. verb (使)保持平衡
    The girl was balancing a book on her head.
    这个女孩头顶上放着一本书。
  19. 19. vt. 抵消弥补

Collins English-English Dictionary

balance ['bæləns]
  1. 1. n a weighing device, generally consisting of a horizontal beam pivoted at its centre, from the ends of which two pans are suspended. The substance to be weighed is placed in one pan and known weights are placed in the other until the beam returns to the horizontal - See also microbalance
  2. 2. n an imagined device for assessing events, actions, motives, etc, in relation to each other (esp in the phrases weigh in the balance, hang in the balance)
  3. 3. n a state of equilibrium
  4. 4. n something that brings about such a state
  5. 5. n equilibrium of the body; steadiness
    to lose one's balance
  6. 6. n emotional stability; calmness of mind
  7. 7. n harmony in the parts of a whole
    balance in an artistic composition
  8. 8. n the act of weighing factors, quantities, etc, against each other
  9. 9. n the power to influence or control
    he held the balance of power
  10. 10. n something that remains or is left
    let me have the balance of what you owe me
  11. 11. n [accounting] equality of debit and credit totals in an account
  12. 12. n a difference between such totals
  13. 13. n [chem] the state of a chemical equation in which the number, kind, electrical charges, etc, of the atoms on opposite sides are equal
  14. 14. n a balancing movement
  15. 15. n short for spring balance
  16. 16. vt. [tr] to weigh in or as if in a balance
  17. 17. vi. [intr] to be or come into equilibrium
  18. 18. vt. [tr] to bring into or hold in equilibrium
  19. 19. vt. [tr] to assess or compare the relative weight, importance, etc, of
  20. 20. vt. [tr] to act so as to equalize; be equal to
  21. 21. vt. [tr] to compose or arrange so as to create a state of harmony
  22. 22. vt. [tr] to bring (a chemical or mathematical equation) into balance
  23. 23. vt. [tr] [accounting] to compute the credit and debit totals of (an account) in order to determine the difference
  24. 24. vt. to equalize the credit and debit totals of (an account) by making certain entries
  25. 25. vt. to settle or adjust (an account) by paying any money due
  26. 26. vi. [intr] (of a business account, balance sheet, etc) to have the debit and credit totals equal
  27. 27. vi. to match or counter (one's dancing partner or his or her steps) by moving towards and away from him or her
  28. 28. vi. [Etymology] C13: from Old French, from Vulgar Latin bilancia (unattested), from Late Latin bilanx having two scalepans, from bi-1 + lanx scale

Examples

to balance oneself on stilts
在高跷上保持平稳
a just balance of colors
颜色的适当调配
Ski poles are important to maintaining your balance.
滑雪杆对于保持平衡是很重要的。
He found a balance between work and play.
他在工作和娱乐之间找到了很好的平衡点。
to keep/lose one's balance
保持/失去平衡

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