v.平均；使平衡

n.平衡；砝碼

In very gradual, complex ways, Britain may prove to be, not the Trojan horse of American influence which France has always feared, but, on the contrary, a counterpoise to the American tide. 雖然過程緩慢，方式也很復(fù)雜，可英國也許能夠證明他們并非是法國總是害怕的那種美國勢力的潛在危險。恰恰相反，他們是與美國潮流抗衡的力量。

An influence or force tending to produce equilibrium; counterpoise. 平衡力趨向于產(chǎn)生平衡的影響或力量; 平衡、均衡

A weight that acts to balance another; a counterpoise or counterweight. 衡重體能與另一個平衡的重量; 衡重體或平衡錘