- a situation in which two or more things are not the same size or are not treated the same, in a way that is unfair or causes problems失衡；不平衡；不公平
- imbalance (in/of something) a global imbalance of/in power全球权力的不平衡
- imbalance (between A and B) Attempts are being made to redress (= put right) the imbalance between our import and export figures.我们正努力纠正进出口的不平衡。🔊🔊
- Postnatal depression is usually due to hormonal imbalance.产后抑郁症通常是荷尔蒙失调引起的。
Extra Examples- An imbalance in certain chemicals leads to disturbances in the brain's function.某些化学成分失衡会导致大脑功能紊乱。
- Increased recruitment of women engineers will help correct the gender imbalance in the profession.增加女性工程师聘用人数会有助于改善业内员工的性别失衡。
- The patient had long shown signs of mental imbalance.患者早就表现出心理失衡的迹象了。
- Vigorous action is needed to address global imbalances.需要采取强有力的行动来解决全球失衡问题。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + imbalanceimbalance + verb- occur
- exist
- cause something
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preposition- imbalance between
- imbalance in
- imbalance of
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