✨ 语义深度解析 ⋮
balance
高考核心词 作文加分词 难度 2/5 ⏱ 3 分钟
核心
平衡；余额——两方相等的稳定状态，或账户剩余金额
释义
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n.平衡（稳定状态）
Maintaining a healthy balance between work and personal life is increasingly recognised as essential for long-term productivity.
保持工作与个人生活之间健康的平衡，越来越被认为是长期提升生产力的关键。
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n.余额，结余
She checked her bank balance online and was relieved to find that the direct debit had not yet been processed.
她在网上查看了银行余额，松了一口气，发现直接借记尚未处理。
3
v.使平衡；权衡（balance sth. against）
Policymakers must carefully balance the economic benefits of development against the environmental costs of habitat destruction.
政策制定者必须仔细权衡发展的经济效益与栖息地破坏的环境代价。
语感
strike a balance（找到平衡点）；on balance（综合来看）；balance sth. against（权衡两者）
平衡（稳定状态）余额，结余使平衡；权衡（动词）
陷阱
⚠️on balance（综合来看）vs. in balance（× 不常用）
✗
The committee concluded that, in balance, the proposed development would bring more economic benefits than environmental harm.
委员会得出结论，综合来看，拟议中的开发项目带来的经济利益将超过环境损害。（× in balance → ✓ on balance）
「综合权衡来看」的固定表达是 on balance（介词 on），不说 × in balance；× in balance → ✓ on balance；in balance 可用于「the budget is in balance = 预算收支平衡」，但不用作「综合来看」的副词短语
✓
The committee concluded that, on balance, the proposed development would bring more economic benefits than environmental harm.
委员会得出结论，综合权衡来看，拟议中的开发项目带来的经济利益将超过环境损害。
⚠️strike a balance（找到平衡）固定动词
Governments must strike a balance between protecting citizens' privacy and enabling law enforcement agencies to prevent serious crime.
✗
× find a balance / make a balance（strike 可以换成 find 或 make）
✓
strike a balance（找到平衡）是固定搭配，strike 是固定动词；find a balance 也可接受，但 strike 更书面正式；× make a balance 不是固定表达；achieve a balance（实现平衡）也正确；maintain a balance（维持平衡）是另一高频搭配
政府必须在保护公民隐私与允许执法机构预防严重犯罪之间找到平衡。（strike a balance = 固定搭配，更书面）
近义辨析
balance vs equilibrium
balance balance（平衡，通用：work-life balance = 工作生活平衡；strike a balance = 找到平衡） equilibrium equilibrium（均衡，学术/科学用词，指系统稳定状态：economic equilibrium = 经济均衡；market equilibrium = 市场均衡）
The new taxation policy aims to restore a fairer balance between the tax contributions of corporations and individual citizens.
新税收政策旨在恢复企业与个人公民税收贡献之间更公平的平衡。
After months of volatility, financial markets finally returned to a state of equilibrium following the central bank's intervention.
经过数月的波动，在中央银行干预后，金融市场终于回到了均衡状态。
写作加分
✨ 加分词
替换：fair mix ofnot too much of eithercombination of
政策评估话题工作生活话题环境与发展话题
普通
We need a fair mix of economic growth and environmental protection.
我们需要经济增长和环境保护的合理结合。
加分 ✨
Sustainable development requires policymakers to strike a balance between economic growth and environmental protection, ensuring that neither is sacrificed for the sake of the other.
可持续发展要求政策制定者在经济增长和环境保护之间找到平衡，确保两者都不为对方而牺牲。
常用搭配
strike / achieve a balance找到 / 实现平衡（两者间）
on balance综合权衡来看（副词短语）
tip the balance打破平衡，使局势倾向某方
in the balance悬而未决（结果尚不确定）
work-life balance工作与生活的平衡（高频复合词）
balance sth. against sth.权衡某事与某事（动词）
词根
balance = bal（两边，联想 bilateral 双边）+ ance → 两边一样重 = 平衡；on balance（综合来看）= 把天平放平后的判断
考考你
Q1对错判断
判断下面句子里的用法是否正确：
In balance, the study suggests that the benefits of regular moderate exercise outweigh the risks of a sedentary lifestyle.
✓ 正确版本
On balance, the study suggests that the benefits of regular moderate exercise outweigh the risks of a sedentary lifestyle.
综合权衡来看，该研究表明定期适度运动的好处超过了久坐不动生活方式的风险。
「综合来看」用 on balance（介词 on），× in balance 不是此义的固定表达
Q2近义选词
选择最恰当的词填空：
After the interest rate cut, the housing market gradually returned to ___, with supply and demand stabilising at sustainable levels.
Abalance
Bequilibrium
✓ 利率下调后，随着供需在可持续水平上趋于稳定，房屋市场逐渐恢复到均衡状态。
市场供需系统回到稳定状态用 equilibrium（均衡，经济学术语）；balance 偏通用语境；returned to equilibrium（回到均衡）是经济学标准表达
Q3搭配还原
选择正确的动词，完成句子：
The outcome of the vote is still in the ___; either party could win by a very narrow margin.
投票结果仍悬而未决；任何一方都可能以极小的优势获胜。
Abalance
Bair
Cmiddle
Dwait
完整搭配：in the balance　悬而未决（结果不确定）
in the balance（悬而未决，前途未定）是固定短语；in the air（尚不确定，悬而未决，也正确但不如 in the balance 强调「两边势均力敌」）；× in the middle / in the wait 不是固定表达
接着学
点击进入该词的深度解析
imbalance反义失衡（trade imbalance = 贸易失衡；gender imbalance = 性别失衡；balance 加前缀 im- 取反）
weigh近义权衡（weigh the pros and cons = 权衡利弊；与 balance sth. against 意义相近）
stability近义稳定性（political stability = 政治稳定性；balance 强调两方均等，stability 强调持续稳定）
trade-off近义权衡取舍（a trade-off between X and Y = X与Y之间的取舍；实现 balance 时常伴随 trade-off）