| 单词 | counterweight |
| 释义 | counterweight noun[C] uk/ˈkaʊn.tə.weɪt/us/ˈkaʊn.t̬ɚ.weɪt/aweightthat is asheavyas somethingelse, so that the twoobjectscanbalance 平衡重，平衡锤，砝码Balance and imbalance
Examplesofcounterweightcounterweight A broad and nonrestrictive mandate, combined with an all-encompassing jurisdiction, offers important counterweights to the ombudsman's lack of sanctioning power. From theCambridge English Corpus Lines, cords, pulleys, and counterweights "activated an elaborate system of screens, shutters and curtains positioned at both sources" of light (skylights and windows) (165). From theCambridge English Corpus In this context, the lack of direct benefit to the patient provides nocounterweightto the loss of dignity incurred. From theCambridge English Corpus The directly-elected three members of the executive were intended as acounterweightto what might turn out to be a volatile legislature. From theCambridge English Corpus Abandoning classical disciplinary systems would endanger especially those radically universal perspectives that act as acounterweightto extreme specialization. From theCambridge English Corpus Thecounterweightmodification method can guarantee that the seesaw angle equals zero when the cart position is located at the center of the seesaw. From theCambridge English Corpus For this reason they serve as unexpected counterweights to balance overly deterministic elements that are often encountered in the technological literature. From theCambridge English Corpus The colourful sails now functioned visually and as counterweights air-resistant to motion. From theCambridge English Corpus The wheel freely rotated in a vertical plane with acounterweightfixed at the opposite end of the slab. From theCambridge English Corpus This variable, however, must be syntactically licensed independently of thecounterweight. From theCambridge English Corpus There are two main methods for balancing a robot manipulator:1 1) by spring mechanisms, and 2) by counterweights. From theCambridge English Corpus But he needed a culturalcounterweight, a secular institution of equal prestige as a fount of knowledge and values. From theCambridge English Corpus Citizenship is also important as acounterweightto the instrumentalism of the market. From theCambridge English Corpus Since thecounterweightis connected to the slider, the velocity of thecounterweightis negative of that of the slider. From theCambridge English Corpus This wide-ranging discussion of individual social intuition is an importantcounterweightto sociological functionalism. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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