Word · Frequency #18862
counterbalance
/ˈkauntə.bæləns/
noun
平衡力;制衡力量
A force or influence that balances, checks or limits an opposite one.
- 1.
A force or influence that balances, checks or limits an opposite one.
平衡力;抵消力;制衡力量。
平衡力;抵消力;制衡力量。;平衡量;平衡力;势均力敌
In use
The new policy acts as a counterbalance to the previous tax cuts.
Her calm demeanor is a perfect counterbalance to his impulsive nature.
Strong export earnings provide a counterbalance to the country's import costs.
Connections
Collocations
- a counterbalance to [something]
- 对……的制衡
- The new law acts as a counterbalance to the power of the big banks.这项新法律对大银行的权力起到了制衡作用。
- act as a counterbalance
- 起到制衡作用
- Independent media can act as a counterbalance to government influence.独立媒体可以对政府的影响力起到制衡作用。
- provide a counterbalance
- 提供制衡力量
- The committee provides a counterbalance to the chairman's authority.委员会对主席的权力提供了制衡力量。
- a natural counterbalance
- 自然的制衡因素
- Competition is a natural counterbalance to monopoly.竞争是垄断的自然制衡因素。
- a necessary counterbalance
- 必要的制衡
- A free press is a necessary counterbalance to state power.新闻自由是国家权力的必要制衡。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
counter(相反)+ balance(平衡)——反向的力量把天平拉回平衡,就是“制衡力”。
Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:正式写作、学术分析、政经讨论 作名词表示“平衡力、制衡力量”时,通常用于正式或书面语境,比较常见于政治、经济、学术等分析性讨论中;日常口语中较少单独使用。
Grammar Note
可数名词,常与介词to连用,表示'对...的平衡'
Pronunciation & Spelling
根据所提供的读音 /ˈkauntə.bæləns/,没有常见词与它真正押韵。balance、ambulance、countenance、surveillance 虽都以 -ance 结尾,但重音位置或元音不同,读音并不相同。
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