| 单词 | imbalance |
| 释义 | imbalance (once / 5675 pages) n An imbalance occurs when you have too much of some things and too little of others. If you put so much pepper in your soup that you can't taste the other spices, then you caused an imbalance in your flavoring. It’s easy to remember the meaning of imbalance when you break the word into parts. You might recognize the prefix im- as a way to say “not.” Combine that with the familiar word balance, and you come up with something that is decidedly out of whack, or not balanced. It means that something is out of proportion, such as a trade imbalance between nations, meaning the amount of goods they sell to one another is not equal. WORD FAMILYimbalance: imbalanced, imbalances+/balance: balanced, balancer, balances, balancing, counterbalance, imbalance, microbalance, overbalance, unbalance/balanced: balancedly/balancer: balancers/balancing: balancings, self-balancing/counterbalance: counterbalanced, counterbalances, counterbalancing/overbalance: overbalanced, overbalances, overbalancing/unbalance: unbalanced, unbalances, unbalancing USAGE EXAMPLESThe effects of small imbalances between calories eaten and calories burned are more pronounced when people deliberately lose weight, Dr. Hall said. New York Times(May 02, 2016) It is up for debate whether the league is suffering or benefiting from a competitive imbalance. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) Budget hawks see health care as the main driver of government deficits, and they are loath to address that imbalance by raising taxes. Seattle Times(Dec 26, 2016) 1n a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium a hormonal imbalance Syn|Ant|Hyper instability, unbalance balance a state of equilibrium disequilibrium loss of equilibrium attributable to an unstable situation in which some forces outweigh others 2n (mathematics) a lack of symmetry Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper asymmetry, dissymmetry balance, correspondence, symmetricalness, symmetry (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane geometrical irregularity, irregularity an irregular asymmetry in shape; an irregular spatial pattern lopsidedness, skewnessan oblique or slanting asymmetry radial asymmetrythe absence of symmetry about an axis handedness, lateralitythe property of using one hand more than the other footednessthe property of favoring one foot over the other (as in kicking a ball) eyednessthe property of favoring one eye over the other (as in taking aim) directionality, directivitythe property of a microphone or antenna of being more sensitive in one direction than in another ambidexterity, ambidextrousnessthe property of being equally skillful with each hand left-handedness, sinistralitypreference for using the left hand dextrality, right-handednesspreference for using the right hand spatial property, spatiality any property relating to or occupying space |
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