balance out

compenser

Réduire un effet en lui opposant un autre effet.

En anglais simple : To reduce one effect by adding or providing an opposite effect.

• Sugar balances out the sour taste.
• The savings balanced out our extra costs.
• Can her experience balance out his lack of training?

Comment l'utiliser : balance something out with something (Balance the sour taste out with a little sugar.)

Synonymes : offset, counterbalance

Expressions courantes : balance out something, balance out costs

s’équilibrer

Des effets différents se compensent et donnent ensemble un résultat équilibré ou juste.

En anglais simple : If different effects do this, they produce a fair or even result when considered together.

• The gains and losses balance out.
• Our different workloads balanced out over the month.
• Will these extra costs and savings balance out?

Synonymes : even out

Expressions courantes : balance out eventually, balance out over time