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counterweight

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ˈkaʊntərweɪt
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释义

n. 平衡的行为(或提议);平衡物 v. 对……起平衡作用,抗衡 [ 复数 counterweights 第三人称单数 counterweights 现在分词 counterweighting 过去式 counterweighted 过去分词 counterweighted ]

例句

His no-inflation bill serves as a useful counterweight to proposals less acceptable to the committee.
相对于那些不太为该委员会接受的议案来说,他的无通货膨胀法案可作为一个有益平衡。
Early learning can be an important counterweight.
早期的学习是至关重要的。
Between 2001 and 2008 it acted as a useful counterweight to the credit cycle.
在2001到2008年间,它做法看起来是用来平衡信用循环。

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But if a storm knocked out the building's power,it would deactivate the counterweight’s sensors,leaving the building vulnerable to winds of just 112 kilometers per hour.
These forces balance out at roughly 36,000 kilometers above the surface,so the counterweight should be beyond this height.Objects at this specific distance are in geostationary orbit,
a tuned mass damper.This 400-ton counterweight was controlled by computerized sensorsdesigned to counteract any swaying.
Right in my face, just live.These ideas were a counterweight to all my doubts.And wouldn't you know it?
To prevent the wind from rocking tower tops,many skyscrapers employ a counterweight weighing hundreds of tonscalled a “tuned mass damper.”
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