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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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

• 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。
• Social imbalance worries him more than inequity of income.
  社会失衡比收入不公平更令他忧虑。
• The present global trade imbalance reflects a structural, system-wide problem.
  当前，全球贸易的不平衡反映了一个结构性、体制上的问题。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The tremendous weight of the ice causes an imbalance on the globe.
  地球上巨大的冰重量产生了不平衡。
• The trade imbalance is likely to rise again in 1990. Hence a new set of policy actions will be required soon
  贸易失衡可能会在1990年再次加剧。因此需要很快采取一系列新的政策行动。