vt.

1. 使平衡；抵消
   He took two days off to counterbalance the overtime the week before.

   他休了兩天假以抵消前星期加的班。

n.[C]

1. 平衡（力），均衡（力）；抵消（力）[（+to）]
   His wife's calm nature acts as a counterbalance to his excitability.

   他妻子生性從容不迫，這對他的易衝動的個性起著平衡作用。

2. 【機】平衡錘

n.

1. a weight that balances another.
2. a factor having the opposite effect to that of another, preventing it from exercising a disproportionate influence.

v.