| 单词 | counterbalance |
| 释义 | counterbalance (kaʊntəʳbæləns ) also counter-balance Word forms: counterbalances , counterbalancing , counterbalanced 1. verb To counterbalance something means to balance or correct it with something that has an equal but opposite effect. Add honey to counterbalance the acidity. [VERB noun] His patriarchal generosity is counterbalanced by his ruthlessness. [VERB noun] Synonyms: offset, balance out, compensate for, make up for 2. countable noun Something that is a counterbalance to something else counterbalances that thing. ...organisations set up as a counterbalance to groups allied to the ANC. [+ to] Collocations: counterbalance the effect Reclaimed wood — in the shelves, doors, tables and flooring — and grey furnishings help counterbalance the effect. Times, Sunday Times However, many-particle effects tend to counterbalance this effect because of screening. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Countershading reduces the ease of detection of predators and prey by counterbalancing the effects of self-shadowing, again typically with grading from dark to light. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And indeed there are some promising approaches that seem to have the potential to reduce or even counterbalance the effects of a peak oil situation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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