1、balance

（使）保持平衡；（使）平穩

I balanced on the ledge.

我在窗臺上站穩。

He balanced a football on his head.

他將一只足球穩穩地頂在頭上。

使（力量、重要性等）相等；使均衡；使持平

Balance spicy dishes with mild ones.

做到辛辣菜和清淡菜比重相當。

The state has got to find some way to balance these two needs.

國家必須找出平衡這兩種需求的辦法。

（力量、重要性等的）均衡，均勢

Their marriage is a delicate balance between traditional and contemporary values.

他們的婚姻在傳統和現代價值觀之間保持著微妙平衡。

There was no other way to ensure that people would get the right balance of foods.

沒有其他方法可以確保人們飲食均衡。

（尤指沖突或比賽中的）局面，勝利天平

a powerful new gun which could tip the balance of the war in their favour.

將使他們在戰爭中占據優勢的威力巨大的新型火炮

The balance continues to swing away from final examinations to continuous assessment.

期末考試漸漸被連續性評估所取代。

2、universe

宇宙

Einstein's equations showed the Universe to be expanding.

愛因斯坦的方程式表明宇宙正在膨脹。

Early astronomers thought that our planet was the centre of the universe.

早期的天文學家認為我們的星球是宇宙的中心。

經驗領域

Good writers suck in what they see of the world, recreating their own universe on the page.

優秀的作家從他們眼中的世界汲取體驗，然后在紙上重塑自己的天地。

They marked out the boundaries of our visual universe.

他們標出了我們視覺經驗領域的界限。

全天下，宇宙萬物中（最）

According to my friends I am the coolest, thinnest, cleverest, funniest journalist in the universe.

我的朋友說我是全天下最酷、最瘦、最聰明、最幽默的記者。