hang in the balance
英 [hæŋ in ðə ˈwww.souquanme.combæləns]
美 [hæŋ ɪn ði ˈbæləns]
v.安危未定
1. We'd better not tell her The future hang in the balance.
我们最好先别告诉她.未来还是个未知数呢.
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2. And all of life may hang in the balance.
世间的一切生命,在相互均衡中命悬一线.
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This factor must be set in the balance against the right of the multitudesXLsDer to eat.
必须确立这一因素,以便与大众的人人有饭吃的权利相平衡。
He was caught off-balance when the judge produced the evidence against him.
当法官提出对他不利的证据时,他有些出乎意外。

The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great XLsDerpowers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man. -- Euripides
So divinely is the world organized that every one of us, in our place and time, is in balance with everything else. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
我是英语专业的，这些都是我学过的，看看能不能用上。

意思：

n. 平衡；天平；平静；结余；差额；调和；制衡

vt. 权衡；使平衡；抵消；称重量

vi. 均衡；建立平衡

读音：英 ['bæləns]、美 ['bæləns] 　 

过去式： balanced 

过去分词：balanced 

现在分词：balancing 

第三人称单数：balances

例句：

1、The girl lost her balance and fell off the balance beam.

小女孩失去了平衡，从平衡木上摔了下来。

2、Great care must be taken in the use of the balance.

这种天平使用时必须十分当心。

扩展资料

近义词：

1、equilibrium

读音：英 [ˌiːkwɪ'lɪbriəm]、美 [ˌiːkwɪ'lɪbriəm] 　 

意思：n. 平衡；均衡；平静

例句：

He lost his equilibrium and fell into the lake.

他失去平衡，跌进湖里。

2、poise

读音：英 [pɔɪz]、美 [pɔɪz] 　

意思：

n. 平衡；姿态；镇静

v. 使 ... 平衡；保持 ... 姿势；做准备；盘旋

例句：

He discovers true poise and equilibrium.

他明白了什么是真正的平静和平衡。