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单词 off balance
释义
off balance
adjective[after verb],adverb
uk
/ˌɒf ˈbæl.əns/us
/ˌɑːf ˈbæl.əns/
If someone or something is offbalance, thatpersonor thing is in apositionwhere they arelikelytofallor beknockeddown:
不平衡的；不稳定的
Agustofwindknocked/threwher offbalanceand shefell.一阵狂风吹得她失去平衡后摔倒了。
confusedoruncertainabout what to do next:
乱了套的；不知所措的
Many Republicans werethrownoffbalanceby the Democrats'landslideat thepolls.民主党在民意测验中的压倒性胜利让许多共和党成员乱了阵脚。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Balance and imbalance
  • accord withsomething
  • align
  • asymmetric
  • balance(something)out/up
  • balance of power
  • balanced
  • harmonious
  • harmonize
  • harmony
  • imbalance
  • inharmonious
  • jar
  • 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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Confusion, confusing and feeling confused
(Definition ofoff balancefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

off balance| American Dictionary

off balance

idiom
surprisedorconfused, so that it isdifficulttobehaveorreactas you usually would:
Hewalkedup and said I wasfat, which reallythrewme offbalance(= made mefeelconfused).
Herremarkseemedtocatchhermotheroffbalance(=surpriseher).
(Definition ofoff balancefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoff balance

off balance
Language ecologies are like bio-ecologies: they normally function well enough, but can be thrownoffbalance.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Unpredictable rainfall in terms of quantity and timing throws farmersoffbalanceand affects yields.
From theCambridge English Corpus
So the central concept of the book throws itoffbalance.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The guerrillas held their ground and by the fourth day the drive lost its impetus, the assailants thrownoffbalance.
From theCambridge English Corpus
No wonder it struck at the enemy's weakest spot and put the campaignoffbalance, forcing the high command to operate by improvisation for over three months.
From theCambridge English Corpus
If our man-power budget is incorrectly drawn after the war, we shall get our industrial systemoffbalance.
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It should not be possible to move assets and liabilitiesoffbalancesheet.
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He is getting welloffbalanceon this issue.
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A change for the worse in the world situation will not find usoffbalance.
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There is concern that the desire to drive projectsoffbalancehas become the sole reason for projects.
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Goingoffbalancehas to be justified because it carries a higher cost.
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Other methods were employed, such as advance funding and deferred purchase,offbalancesheet funding and leasing, including leasing of equipment.
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That is an answer to a maiden's prayer if one wants to keep public-private partnership liabilitiesoffbalancesheet.
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A large number of fishermen may leave the profession, which would knock that entire economic sectoroffbalance.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
In a market thrownoffbalanceby surpluses, any country that increases its production harms all the others.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
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