off-balance
UK/'ɔfbæləns/US
Definitions
adj.
Not steady; in danger of falling because your weight is not evenly placed.
失去平衡的，重心不稳的
adj.
Caught unprepared, confused or at a disadvantage.
措手不及的，乱了方寸的
Root Breakdown
Native Englishoff-root
+
balanceroot
=off-balance
off + balance = pushed off the even position. Literally you're off-balance when your weight isn't centred and you start to stagger; figuratively, to catch or throw someone off-balance is to surprise them so they can't react steadily — the same loss of footing, applied to the mind.
Common Collocations
- 1.throw someone off-balance让某人乱了方寸
- 2.catch someone off-balance让某人措手不及
- 3.knock off-balance撞得失去平衡
- 4.feel off-balance感到重心不稳
Example Sentences
- 1.
The sudden jolt of the train threw me off-balance.
- 2.
Her blunt question caught the speaker off-balance.
- 3.
He stumbled, off-balance, and grabbed the railing.