The figurine was used as a suspended weight together with a balance scale.

小雕象作为砝码与天平一起使用。

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Frame plate torsion balance is a measurement instrument by modifying the general frame-pan balance scale.

架盘扭力天平是由普通架盘天平改型的衡量仪器。

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That inevitably brutal change can take place in two ways. It could be relatively orderly as borrowers scale back and lenders strengthen their balance sheets.

不可避免地在两个方面产生巨大改变，借款规模有序收缩，贷款人提升其资产负责表质量。

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But the old balance scale still appears in art as a symbol of justice, weighing the claims of disputing parties.

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Four years ago, when then presidential candidate Barack Obama picked Delaware senator Joe Biden as his running mate, it seemed to be a case of an intellectual, analytical senator, lawyer, and academician with lots of gravitas wanting a genial, unrehearsed, speak-your-mind kind of political partner to balance the scale.

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But there is no cosmic scale to balance.

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