n. weight in the other scale,counterbal-ance（天平的）另一边的砝码，抗衡力。
△1H.IV.2.3.15(12): “and your whole plot too light for the counter-poise of so great an opposition.”i.e.too slight tocounterbalance the full weight of the King’s forces. 你
的整个计划，相对于如此强大的敌对力量来说，也未免过于轻率。
counterpoise
vt.
1. make equal in weight or value,balance使…在分量或价值上相等，使平衡。
△3H.VI.3.3.136:“Touching thejointure that your king must make,/ Which with herdowry shall be counterpoised.”关于你们国王对于妻子财产
授予必须做出的处理，要和她的妆奁的价值相等。
2. counterbalance,equal抵销，抵得上。
△Ado.4.1.27:“And what have I to give you back whose worth ,May counterpoise this rich and precious gift?”我应当用什么来报答你，它的价值可以抵得过这么一件贵重的礼物呢？
3. compensate补偿。
△2H.VI.4.1. 21:“The lives ofthose which we have lost in fight / Be counterpoised
with such a petty sum!”我们在战斗中所丧失掉的几个人的性命只能用这么小小的一笔钱作补偿吗？