n. weight in the other scale,counterbal-ance（天平的）另一邊的砝碼，抗衡力。
△1H.IV.2.3.15(12): “and your whole plot too light for the counter-poise of so great an opposition.”i.e.too slight tocounterbalance the full weight of the King’s forces. 你
的整個(gè)計(jì)劃，相對(duì)于如此強(qiáng)大的敵對(duì)力量來(lái)說(shuō)，也未免過(guò)于輕率。
counterpoise
vt.
1. make equal in weight or value,balance使…在分量或價(jià)值上相等，使平衡。
△3H.VI.3.3.136:“Touching thejointure that your king must make,/ Which with herdowry shall be counterpoised.”關(guān)于你們國(guó)王對(duì)于妻子財(cái)產(chǎn)
授予必須做出的處理，要和她的妝奩的價(jià)值相等。
2. counterbalance,equal抵銷，抵得上。
△Ado.4.1.27:“And what have I to give you back whose worth ,May counterpoise this rich and precious gift?”我應(yīng)當(dāng)用什么來(lái)報(bào)答你，它的價(jià)值可以抵得過(guò)這么一件貴重的禮物呢？
3. compensate補(bǔ)償。
△2H.VI.4.1. 21:“The lives ofthose which we have lost in fight / Be counterpoised
with such a petty sum!”我們?cè)趹?zhàn)斗中所喪失掉的幾個(gè)人的性命只能用這么小小的一筆錢作補(bǔ)償嗎？