But it has been effective. It has helped to balance a potentially disruptive tension between the desires of a minority and the broader interests of our all-volunteer force."

VOA: special.2010.02.06

By keeping women under the household of the men of their original family, the upper-class Romans tried to balance these different households in size and importance.

所以女子保留娘家的家户关系，有助于罗马上层阶级,平衡不同家户的规模及地位。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

And pessimists might be those who say, "No, no. On balance, " the negative of death outweighs the positive-ness of life."

而悲观主义者可能会说，“不，不，总的来说，死亡的负面性要盖过生命的积极性“

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

And developers,logging companies, and strip-mine operators on the edge of the swamp can easily upset the delicate balance of nature in the area.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

Aristotle understands the mixed constitution as a balance of classes--the one the few and the many.

不同于我们的宪法,亚里士多德了解混合宪法是阶级的平衡,即一人，少数人及多数人。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Leonardo DiCaprio said even though they had all read the script, he and the rest of the cast were often kept off-balance while making the film because of those multiple realities.

VOA: standard.2010.02.27

It turns out to be-- there's a fairly complicated balance between the time of flight and the range.

答案表明,在飞行时间与射程之间,有着一个相当复杂的平衡关系

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

So, that's a funny property of conventional mortgages -that the mortgage balance declines very slowly at first and then it falls rapidly when it comes to maturity.

这是普通贷款很有意思的特性,即贷款余额在起初减少的非常缓慢,但随着到期日的临近,便会加速递减

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

But if the balance of pain over pleasure-- If there's more pain than pleasure so that the balance is negative, that's worse than zero.

如果痛苦减快乐-,如果痛苦多于快乐,那么结果就是负的，比零小。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

And what the Republic tries to do is to offer us strategies, maybe we might even call it a therapy, Thumos for dealing with thumos, for submitting it to the control of reason and helping us to achieve some level of balance, of self-control and moderation.

而《理想国》尝试做的是,提供我们策略，而我们甚至能称之为疗法，用以处理，让它接受理性的控制,并助我们达到某种程度的平衡，介于自控与节制之间。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选