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equipoise
n. 平衡,均衡
vt. 使平衡,使相称,使相持不下 平衡,均衡使平衡,使相称,使相持不下 equipoise n 1: equality of distribution [ synonym: { balance}, { equilibrium}, { equipoise}, { counterbalance}] Equipoise \ E" qui* poise\, n. [ Equi- poise.] 1. Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced, and hence equal; state of being equally balanced; -- said of moral, political, or social interests or forces. [ 1913 Webster] The means of preserving the equipoise and the tranquillity of the commonwealth. -- Burke. [ 1913 Webster] Our little lives are kept in equipoise By opposite attractions and desires. -- Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Counterpoise. [ 1913 Webster] The equipoise to the clergy being removed. -- Buckle. Equipollence37 Moby Thesaurus words for " equipoise": balance, ballast, coequality, coextension, consideration, correspondence, counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equality, equation, equilibrium, equipollence, equiponderance, equity, equivalence, equivalency, equivalent, evenness, give- and- take, identity, justice, levelness, likeness, makeweight, offset, par, parallelism, parity, poise, proportion, quid pro quo, setoff, something of value, stasis, symmetry, tit for tat
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