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balance balance outstanding balance of accounts

balance
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n.

vt.& vi.

vt.

vi.

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1. 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. 

  • 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。

2. N-UNCOUNT 平衡能力 Balance is the ability to remain steady when you are standing up. 

  • 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。

3. 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. 

  • 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。

  • Supply and demand on the currency market will generally balance.

    货币市场上的供求将大致持平。

balanced

  • This book is a well balanced biography.

    此书是一部相当客观的传记。

4. 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. 

  • 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。

  • ...the ecological balance of the forest.

    森林的生态平衡

5. 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. 

  • ...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。

6. VERB 权衡；对比；斟酌 If you balance one thing against another, you consider its importance in relation to the other one. 

  • 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。

7. 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. 

  • 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。

8. 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. 

  • ...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。

9. 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. 

  • I'd like to check the balance in my account please.

    请查一下我的账户余额。

10. 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. 

  • They were due to pay the balance on delivery.

    他们应该在货到时支付余额。

11. See also: bank balance;  
12. PHRASE 悬而未决；待定 If something hangs in the balance, it is uncertain whether it will happen or continue. 

  • 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。

13. 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. 

  • 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。

14. 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. 

  • 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。

15. PHRASE 惊慌失措；迷惑不解 If you are thrown off balance by something, you are surprised or confused by it. 

  • 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。

16. 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. 

  • On balance he agreed with Christine.

    总的来说，他同意克里斯蒂娜的意见。

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balance out 
Noun

1. a state of equilibrium

2. a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity

3. equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account

4. harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design);

  • "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin

5. equality of distribution

6. something left after other parts have been taken away;

  • "there was no remainder"
  • "he threw away the rest"
  • "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"

7. the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account

8. (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact correspondence of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane

9. an equivalent counterbalancing weight

10. a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat

Verb

1. bring into balance or equilibrium;

  • "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"
  • "balance the two weights"

2. compute credits and debits of an account

3. hold or carry in equilibrium

4. be in equilibrium;

  • "He was balancing on one foot"

体育

  • 1.平衡

冶金学

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  • 1.衡算

医学

  • 1.［拉bilanx］①天平：称重的一种器具；②平衡：各部分之间的调整，功能之间的协调

建筑

<名>
  • 1.平衡

机械

<名>
  • 1.天平
  • 2.利用作用在物体上的重力以平衡原理测定物体质量或确定作为质量函数的其他量值、参数或特性的仪器。

法律

  • 1.平衡
  • 2.结余
  • 3.差额
  • 4.权衡

物理学

<名>
  • 1.天平

航天

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  • 1.天平

计算机

  • 1.平衡，补偿；余额；均衡，对称；结算[BAL]
  • 2.;

金融

  • 1.差额
  • 2.余额
  • 3.平衡
  • 4.结存
1. After paying all the expenses, there is a balance of fifty yuan.
收支相抵，尚余50元。

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2. An undisclosed buyer will provide a much-needed cash injection for the fragile balance sheet.
一个未公开身分的买主就不稳定的资产负债状况注入所必需的现金。

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3. As the patient's life hung in the balance, many comrades offered to donate blood.
病人安危未定，许多同志自愿给他输血。

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4. Block out the bottom of this picture when it is printed; the balance of the page will be better.
洗印的时候，压掉照片的底部，这样看起来平衡效果好些。

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5. Can you balance yourself on skates?
你穿着冰鞋能保持身体平衡吗？

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6. He couldn't explain the irregularities in the balance sheet, and I suspect him of taking the money.
他无法解释资产负债表中的不正常的情况，我怀疑他把钱放进自己腰包了。

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7. He lost his balance and fell from the ladder.
他失去平衡，从梯子上摔下来。

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8. He lost his balance, and pitched out of the window headfirst.
他失去平衡，头朝下从窗子上跌了下去。

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9. I found it hard to keep my balance on the icy path.
我觉得在冰滑小道上走路要保持身体平衡是相当困难的。

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10. I think on balance I prefer the old system.
总的说来，我觉得自己更喜欢旧体制。

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11. I would give my ears for a glance at that balance sheet.
我一定要看一看财政收支表。

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12. My bank balance isn't very large.
我的银行存款余额不多了。

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13. Nowadays, it appears that too many films are being produced, and a tax on films will help to redress the balance.
时下制作的电影太多了，看来应该征收电影稅来改变这种局面。

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14. Our lightning speed knocked the enemy completely off balance and struck fear into its heart.
我军行动神速，致使敌军措手不及，狼狈周章。

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15. Our surprise attack caught the enemy off balance and threw them into confusion.
我们的突然袭击把敌人打了个冷不防，他们顿时乱作一团。

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16. She temporarily lost her balance during the long months of solitude.
在与外界隔绝的漫长岁月中，她一度失去心态的平衡。

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17. The Battle of the Red Cliffs determined the triangular balance of power of the three kingdoms, Wei, Shu and Wu.
赤壁之战决定了魏、蜀、吴三国鼎足之势。

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18. The accounts show a favourable balance of 150 yuan.
收支相抵，尚余150元。

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19. The balance on your account is $5.
你的账上还剩五美元。

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20. The future of the nations hangs in the balance.
国家的前途安危未卜。

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