英语词组weigh (something) in the balance是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

weigh (something) in the balance

To consider the positive and negative implications of something very carefully, especially when making a decision. We'll have to weigh each applicant in the balance before deciding who to hire, so it could be a couple of weeks before we make our final decision. Be sure to weigh it in the balance before deciding to take out a loan of any size. Just because the bank is willing to lend you money doesn't mean it's the right thing to do.

weigh something in the balance

carefully ponder or assess the merits and demerits of something.

The image is of a pair of old-fashioned scales with two pans in which the positive and negative aspects of something can be set against each other. The expanded phrase weighed in the balance and found wanting meaning ‘having failed to meet the test of a particular situation’ is also found, and is an allusion to the biblical book of Daniel , where such a process formed part of the judgement made on King Belshazzar .

词组	weigh (something) in the balance
释义	weigh (something) in the balance To consider the positive and negative implications of something very carefully, especially when making a decision. We'll have to weigh each applicant in the balance before deciding who to hire, so it could be a couple of weeks before we make our final decision. Be sure to weigh it in the balance before deciding to take out a loan of any size. Just because the bank is willing to lend you money doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. weigh something in the balance carefully ponder or assess the merits and demerits of something. The image is of a pair of old-fashioned scales with two pans in which the positive and negative aspects of something can be set against each other. The expanded phrase weighed in the balance and found wanting meaning ‘having failed to meet the test of a particular situation’ is also found, and is an allusion to the biblical book of Daniel , where such a process formed part of the judgement made on King Belshazzar .
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