tip the balance/scales

ADVANTAGEto give a slight advantage to someone or something 使天平倾斜

Three factors helped to tip the balance in favour of the Labour leadership.

有三个因素促使天平向工党领导层倾斜。

Examples from the Corpus

tip the balance/scales• They viewed the Soviet moves as an effort to tip the scales against the West.• I went to see Hoppy for a checkup and I tip the scales at exactly eighty-six pounds.• Tall and stately, fairly bursting from her corset, she sometimes tipped the scales at over 200 pounds.• Mr Bates thinks the disappearance of November's protest vote could tip the scales his way.• Second, the Constitution tips the scales in favor of the individual over the state in highly personal matters.• Your support tipped the balance in our favor.• Perhaps remorse at having joined it had tipped the balance of Fred's mind.• Thus can a minuscule particle tip the scales one way or another.

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单词	tip the balance/scales
释义	tip the balance/scales tip the balance/scales ADVANTAGEto give a slight advantage to someone or something 使天平倾斜 Three factors helped to tip the balance in favour of the Labour leadership. 有三个因素促使天平向工党领导层倾斜。 Examples from the Corpus tip the balance/scales• They viewed the Soviet moves as an effort to tip the scales against the West.• I went to see Hoppy for a checkup and I tip the scales at exactly eighty-six pounds.• Tall and stately, fairly bursting from her corset, she sometimes tipped the scales at over 200 pounds.• Mr Bates thinks the disappearance of November's protest vote could tip the scales his way.• Second, the Constitution tips the scales in favor of the individual over the state in highly personal matters.• Your support tipped the balance in our favor.• Perhaps remorse at having joined it had tipped the balance of Fred's mind.• Thus can a minuscule particle tip the scales one way or another. → tip the balance/scales at tip2(2)
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