| 释义 |
in the balanceidiomuncertain and waiting to be decided不确定；悬而未决◆the long-term future of the space programme hangs in the balance.航天计划的长远前景尚不明朗。◆his life hung in the balance for two weeks as he lay in a coma.他昏迷不醒的两个星期中一直处在生死边缘。ⓘ in the balance describes a situation in which the future of sb/sth, or the result of sth, is very uncertain for a time. it is often used when the future result is expected to be one of two very different things, such as success or failure, or life or death. * in the balance 用于描述某人或某事的未来或某事的结果暂时很不确定，常用于表示未来预计会有两种完全不同的结果，如成功或失败，生或死。 |