| 单词 | to turn the balance |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto turn the balance (also †beam) b. to turn the balance (also †beam): to have greater weight or importance; to preponderate: = to turn the scale at Phrases 1m. Cf. beam n.1 6. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > predominance or preponderance > [verb (intransitive)] to turn the balance (also beam)1600 to turn the scale1815 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream v. i. 313 A moth will turne the ballance; which Pyramus, which Thisby is the better. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. v. 158 Thy madnes shall be payd with weight Tell our scale turne the beame. 1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature iii. 59 When there is nothing in the opposite Scale..this [probability] in the course of nature must turn the beam. 1841 D. W. Jobson Hist. French Revol. v. 199 The intelligence of Dumouriez's disasters turned the beam in favour of the Jacobins, whose energy in moments of peril invariably triumphed over the irresolution of the others. 1892 Eng. Illustr. Mag. 10 36 A straw will often suffice to turn the balance. 2014 Australian (Nexis) 1 Nov. (Review section) 16 Dingos..turned the balance of Australian fauna in favour of carnivores. < as lemmas |
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