单词	counterbalance
释义	counterbalancecoun‧ter‧bal‧ance /ˌkaʊntəˈbæləns $ -tər-/ verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE counterbalance Simple Form Present I, you, we, they counterbalance he, she, it counterbalances Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they counterbalanced Present perfect I, you, we, they have counterbalanced he, she, it has counterbalanced Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had counterbalanced Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will counterbalance Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have counterbalanced Continuous Form Present I am counterbalancing he, she, it is counterbalancing you, we, they are counterbalancing Past I, he, she, it was counterbalancing you, we, they were counterbalancing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been counterbalancing he, she, it has been counterbalancing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been counterbalancing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be counterbalancing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been counterbalancing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Fortunately there are strong democratic forces in the country that counterbalance any extremist influences. His fear of his father is counterbalanced by a genuine respect for him. The company's success in Europe has counterbalanced its weak sales in the U.S. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS At present domestic labour is organisationally inefficient because it is not socialised like the industrial sphere, which counterbalances increased productivity through mechanisation. Normally the forces from one molecule are counterbalanced by equal attraction by other molecules but at an interface the forces become unbalanced. The body of penal regulations was counterbalanced by some rewards. The difference in size between egg and sperm is counterbalanced by the numbers in which they are produced. The documents he provided for Strype helped counterbalance the reliance upon official sources in Strype's histories of Elizabethan archbishops. The weight of the ensemble was counterbalanced by the tug of transmission cables snaking up into the ceiling. To counterbalance this earthly anchor the only remedy has been self-discipline and mortification of her natural inclinations. With no freeboard to counterbalance, the leeward rail pressed down, admitting the flood, and the boy bailed furiously. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorwhen something has an equal but opposite effect► cancel out if one thing cancels out another, it has an opposite effect to it, so that the situation does not change: · The new tuition fees mean that increases in student grants are effectively cancelled out.cancel each other out/cancel one another out: · Two waves coming from opposite directions will cancel each other out.· Capital gains and losses can be expected to cancel one another out. ► offset if something such as a cost or a sum of money offsets another cost, sum etc, it has an opposite effect so that the situation remains unchanged: · The savings on staff wages are offset by the increased maintenance costs.· $3000 was spent in US schools to offset the disadvantages of about 6 million school children. ► counterbalance to have an equal and opposite effect to something such as a change, an influence, or a feeling: · Fortunately there are strong democratic forces in the country that counterbalance any extremist influences.· His fear of his father is counterbalanced by a genuine respect for him. ► it's swings and roundabouts/it cuts both ways British spoken use this to say that although a particular method, decision, situation etc might give you an advantage, it will also involve an equal disadvantage: · Well, it's a case of swings and roundabouts really. You win some, you lose some.· The global economy can cut both ways, as some of a country's industries benefit from increased opportunity, and others lose to overseas competition. to have an equal and opposite effect to something such as a change, feeling etc:  Riskier investments tend to be counterbalanced by high rewards.—counterbalance /ˈkaʊntəˌbæləns $ -tər-/ noun [countable]
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