ADJECTIVE | VERB + IMBALANCE | IMBALANCE + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤growing日益加劇的不平衡➤dangerous, extreme, huge, massive, serious, severe危險的不均衡;極端的不平衡;嚴重的不平衡◇dangerous imbalances in potassium and other body chemicals鉀元素與其他體內化學物質的危險失衡➤global, regional (especially BrE) 全局性失衡;區域性的不均衡➤economic, financial, fiscal, gender, power, racial, trade經濟/金融/財政/性別/權力/種族/貿易失衡▸➤chemical, hormonal, hormone, thyroid化學/激素/荷爾蒙/甲狀腺失衡➤mental心理失衡◇The patient had long shown signs of mental imbalance.患者早就表現出心理失衡的跡象了。➤structural結構性失衡◇Can he resolve the structural imbalance of the deficit?他能解決赤字的結構性失衡嗎?VERB + IMBALANCE➤cause, create引起不平衡;造成失衡➤exacerbate加劇不平衡◇A higher dollar will only exacerbate the trade imbalance.美元升值只會加劇貿易不平衡。➤address解決不平衡◇Vigorous action is needed to address global imbalances.需要採取強有力的行動來解決全球失衡問題。➤correct, rectify, redress, reduce矯正失衡;恢復平衡;減輕不平衡◇Increased recruitment of women engineers will help correct the gender imbalance in the profession.增加女性工程師聘用人數會有助於改善業內員工的性別失衡。IMBALANCE + VERB➤occur不平衡發生➤exist存在失衡◇the large trade imbalances now existing between Europe and the US歐洲和美國之間存在的巨額貿易不平衡➤cause sth失衡導致⋯◇Chemical imbalances actually cause the sleep disturbances.這些睡眠障礙其實是由體內化學成分失衡引起的。PREPOSITION➤imbalance between⋯之間的不平衡◇an imbalance between imports and exports進出口之間的不平衡➤imbalance in⋯方面的不平衡◇An imbalance in certain chemicals leads to disturbances in the brain's function.某些化學成分失衡會導致大腦功能紊亂。➤imbalance of⋯失衡◇an imbalance of power or authority權力或權威失衡