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单词 counterbalance
释义
counterbalance
verb[T]
uk
/ˈkaʊn.təˌbæl.əns/us
/ˈkaʊn.t̬ɚˌbæl.əns/
to have anequalbutoppositeeffecton something so that it does not have too much of aparticularcharacteristic:
使平衡；抵消；弥补
Theuglinessof theresortis counterbalanced by theexcellenceof theskiing.优良的滑雪条件弥补了这片度假胜地景致方面的缺陷。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Balance and imbalance
  • accord withsomething
  • align
  • asymmetric
  • balance(something)out/up
  • balance of power
  • balanced
  • harmonious
  • harmony
  • imbalance
  • inharmonious
  • jar
  • jarring
  • on an even keelidiom
  • one man's loss is another man's gainidiom
  • realign
  • realignment
  • rebalance
  • unharmonious
  • well balanced
  • well rounded
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counterbalance

noun[Cusually singular]uk
us
Hercalmnatureservedas anaturalcounterbalancetohisexcitablepersonality.
(Definition ofcounterbalancefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
counterbalance
verb[T]
uk
/ˈkaʊn.təˌbæl.əns/us
/ˈkaʊn.t̬ɚˌbæl.əns/
to have anequalbutoppositeeffecton something so that it does not have too much of aparticularcharacteristic
使平衡；抵消；弥补
Theuglinessof theresortis counterbalanced by theexcellenceof theskiing.优良的滑雪条件弥补了这片度假胜地景致方面的缺陷。

counterbalance| Business English

counterbalance
verb[T]
uk
/ˈkaʊntəˌbæləns/us
/-ṱɚ-/
to have anequalbutoppositeeffecton something in apositiveway, so that it does not have too much of aparticularcharacteristic:
Investment inforestryprojectsisintendedto counterbalance theeffectsofcarbonemissions.
Short-termlossesinrevenuewill becounterbalanced bynewbusinessopportunities.
counterbalance
noun[C,usually singular]
uk/ˈkaʊntəˌbæləns/us/-ṱɚ-/
something that has anequalandoppositeeffecton something in apositiveway:
counterbalance to sthInternetlobbygroupshave been awelcomecounterbalance to thepowerof themultinationals.
(Definition ofcounterbalancefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcounterbalance

counterbalance
All children took part in two tasks, with the order of task administration counterbalanced across children.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In each version, the order of the scenarios was held constant, but the order of the conditions was counterbalanced.
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The tests listed below were administered at each assessment with test versions being counterbalanced across participants and design.
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Practical experience shows that the advantages and disadvantages nearlycounterbalanceeach other: binary heaps are only marginally faster.
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There, more recent poor performance was somewhat counterbalanced by traditionally better performance, and by historical association with liberation from foreign influence and landowner domination.
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Acounterbalancein the patient selection process is the fact that organ allocation systems are weighted for higher risk patients (critically ill, previously sensitized).
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The order of lists was counterbalanced across subjects in each group.
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For the second session, the dyads were instructed to enact the two scripted events (in counterbalanced order) using script-appropriate toys.
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Low cercarial infectivity at lower temperatures is offset by low mortality, while improved infectivity at higher temperatures is counterbalanced by high mortality.
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The certainty offered by religious or spiritual conviction provided acounterbalanceto an otherwise fatalistic acceptance of the vicissitudes of eventful and difficult lives.
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Increased social inequality has thus been counterbalanced by employment growth (especially female participation) and advances in the quality of life at work.
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Strong political factions were able tocounterbalancegovernmental interference.
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There were 15 boys and 15 girls in each age group, and gender was counterbalanced across reading conditions.
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All measures were administered in random order with emotion type counterbalanced across participants for each measure.
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Secondly, subjects performed the task in two separate conditions, ascend and descend, with the order of condition counterbalanced across subjects.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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