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

• 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。
• 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。
• The irony is that this policy choice worsens the imbalance.
  具有讽刺意味的是，这种政策选择加剧了失衡状况。
• 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。
• 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。
• China has taken excellent advantage of this imbalance and in fact this weakness in our governance and culture.
  中国很好的利用了这种不平衡，这其实是我们的不足和文化。
• Social imbalance worries him more than inequity of income.
  社会失衡比收入不公平更令他忧虑。
• China is the world's largest social and economic development imbalance in the country.
  我国是世界上社会经济发展不平衡程度最大的国家。
• 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。