imbalance

英 [ɪmˈbæləns]

美 [ɪmˈbæləns]

n.  失衡; 不平衡; 不公平

复数：imbalances　过去分词：imbalanced　过去式：imbalanced　现在分词：imbalancing　

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Collins.1 / BNC.7792 / COCA.8131

牛津词典

noun

• 失衡；不平衡；不公平
  a situation in which two or more things are not the same size or are not treated the same, in a way that is unfair or causes problems
  1. a global imbalance of/in power
     全球权力的不平衡
  2. Attempts are being made to redress (= put right) the imbalance between our import and export figures.
     我们正努力纠正进出口的不平衡。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 不平衡;不均衡;失衡
  If there is animbalancein a situation, the things involved are not the same size, or are not the right size in proportion to each other.
  1. ...the imbalance between the two sides in this war.
     这场战争中双方力量的悬殊
  2. ...an international strategy to reduce trade imbalances.
     降低贸易逆差的国际战略

英英释义

noun

• (mathematics) a lack of symmetry
  Synonym:asymmetrydissymmetry
• a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
  1. a hormonal imbalance
  Synonym:instabilityunbalance

双语例句

• Social imbalance worries him more than inequity of income.
  社会失衡比收入不公平更令他忧虑。
• This article on China-US trade friction in the focus of trade imbalance reasons, a brief analysis.
  本文对中美贸易摩擦中的焦点问题中美贸易不平衡的原因，进行了简要的分析。
• What we face is a looming imbalance in which demand for new drugs far outstrips supply.
  我们面对的是日益逼近的失衡，对新药的需求远远超过了供给。
• I really had no idea of the imbalance of the world, and how fortunate I was.
  我真的不知道世界有这么不平衡，我还不知道我有多么幸运。
• Their combined effects determine the features of language change: scale, imbalance and systematicity.
  二者共同决定了语言变化的特征：渐变性、不平衡性和系统性。
• Objective To study the effect of covariate imbalance on analysis of covariance.
  目的探讨协变量的不均衡对协方差分析的影响。
• What does the imbalance say about China's education system and its economy in general?
  这种不平衡说明了中国的教育制度和它的总体经济什么问题？
• Sino-US trade imbalance has been focused by many theoretical-researchers and policies-makers.
  中美贸易不平衡问题引起了理论研究者与政策制定者的广泛关注。
• The illness is triggered by a chemical imbalance in the brain.
  这种疾病是大脑化学物质失衡诱发的。
• For too long the British economy has been characterised by unfairness and imbalance; short-term thinking and short-term gains.
  在太长的时间里，英国经济是以不公平和不平衡为特征的；短期思维和短期利益大行其道。