counterbalance
verb (formal)Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they counterbalance | |
he / she / it counterbalances | |
past simple counterbalanced | |
past participle counterbalanced | |
-ing form counterbalancing |
- counterbalance something
to have an equal but opposite effect to something else synonym offset抗衡;抵消;对…起平衡作用 Parents' natural desire to protect their children should be counterbalanced by the child's need for independence. 父母保护孩子的本能愿望应当与孩子独立的需要相平衡。 The fact that he cannot see is more than counterbalanced by his heightened perception of sound and touch. 他看不见的事实被他对声音和触觉的高度感知所抵消。 We aim to counterbalance management jargon with plain understandable English. 我们的目标是用通俗易懂的英语来平衡管理术语。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCounterbalance is used with these nouns as the object:- effect