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

• 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？
• Remember that discontent is caused from an imbalance in one or more parts of your life.
  记住不满是由于生活中一个/多个部分失衡引起。
• This phenomenon is caused by a long-standing imbalance in economic development between urban and rural areas.
  这种现象是城乡发展长期不平衡导致的。
• Some traders and policymakers said the supply and demand imbalance is real this time.
  一些交易商和决策者表示，此次供求失衡是真实的。
• 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。
• It is simply an imbalance of pain versus coping resources.
  它仅是痛苦指数和因应资源的不平衡。
• 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。
• 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。
• Social imbalance worries him more than inequity of income.
  社会失衡比收入不公平更令他忧虑。
• There is an imbalance between the many opportunities open to men and the few open to women.
  在对男子敞开的许多机会和对妇女敞开的少量机会之间存在着不均衡。