off-balance
UK/'ɔfbæləns/US
释义
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
词根拆分
原生英语off-root
+
balanceroot
=off-balance
off + balance = 被推离持平位置。字面上,重心没居中、开始踉跄时你就 off-balance;比喻上,catch/throw someone off-balance 是出其不意让对方无法稳住应对——同样是失去立足点,用到了心理上。
常用搭配
- 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
例句
- 1.
The sudden jolt of the train threw me off-balance.
火车突然一颠,让我失去了平衡。
- 2.
Her blunt question caught the speaker off-balance.
她直率的提问让演讲者措手不及。
- 3.
He stumbled, off-balance, and grabbed the railing.
他重心不稳,踉跄了一下,抓住了栏杆。