balance outとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

balance out (third-person singular simple present balances out, present participle balancing out, simple past and past participle balanced out)

1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To attain balance through the contrasting or reciprocating effect of different elements.

   If you consider all the negative and all the positive factors, it should balance out to something acceptable.

   • 2025 September 2, Rebekah Logan, Rebekah Wilson, quoting Eddie Smiles, “Service provides 'second family' to tackle loneliness”, in BBC News‎, archived from the original on 13 January 2026:

     "It's something they look forward to and they get as much out of helping us as we do from receiving help and it all sort of balances out in the end."

2. (idiomatic, transitive) To counteract with a contrasting element so as to achieve balance.

   You can add some honey to balance out the sourness of the lemon.

   • 2017 July 20, Rachel Ward, “Calgary grows by 11,166 people due mainly to more babies, says census”, in CBC News‎, archived from the original on 29 August 2018:

     The city says that's mostly due to Calgarians having more than enough babies to balance out deaths.

   • c. 2022, “Let's stop meating like this”, in Eastleigh Borough Council‎, archived from the original on 10 February 2025, retrieved 2 March 2026:

     But if you’d like balance out the meat you eat with some more plant-based meal options, we hope you’ll find these emails helpful, interesting and fun!

   • 2024 October 17, “How to Make Soup Less Spicy”, in campbellsoup.co.uk‎, archived from the original on 9 December 2025:

     And, if your dish becomes too sweet, simply balance it out with a pinch of salt.

   • 2025, “Depression and Low Mood - Easy read information for people in prison”, in Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust‎, archived from the original on 2 March 2026, retrieved 2 March 2026, Thinking about feelings and thoughts:

     If you have a bad thought, balance it out with a good thought.

   • 2025 November 25, Caroline Siede, “Zootopia 2 is a stagnant sequel with one stellar subplot”, in AV Club‎:

     A sequel of this magnitude has the ability to reach higher, though, with more creative worldbuilding balancing out the dime-a-dozen pop culture references and cheap gags.

参考

• cancel out

アナグラム

• outbalance, uncoatable