| 单词 | upon the balance |
| 释义 | > as lemmasupon the balance c. gen. A comparative reckoning. on balance (or upon the balance): taking everything into consideration. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > [noun] > instance of > a comparative reckoning with respect1597 balance1719 1719 W. Wood Surv. Trade (ed. 2) 67 This Nation gained upon a Balance of the Ships taken from us, and the Captures we made of the Enemy. 1843 Ainsworth's Mag. 4 308 Upon the ‘balance’, as the betting men say, women are quite as mercenary as men. 1861 J. Pycroft Agony Point xliii. 364 The blessings of the Langley Cottage, whether greater or less upon the balance, were of a kind not known at Langley Hall. 1928 Britain's Industr. Future (Liberal Industr. Inq.) ii. vii. 89 We believe that these provisions would be, on balance, overwhelmingly in the interest of the investor. 1966 Listener 6 Jan. 14/2 The impression in India that Britain has tended, on balance, to take the Pakistan side in the Kashmir dispute. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。