influences in an organization or political system that help to keep it fair and stop a small group from keeping all the power 制约与平衡(为保持机构或政体内的公正并防止权力集中于小团体) Democracy depends on a system of checks and balances. 民主的实行依赖于相互制衡的制度。
(in the US) the principle of government by which the president, Congress and the Supreme Court each have some control over the others 三权分立(美国政府中总统、国会以及最高法院之间相互制约的政体原则) Wordfindercompare separation of powers