balance book

基本解釋

In social activities, some people always try to "balance the book" when they get favors.
在社會(huì)交往方麪，有些人縂喜歡“投之以李，報(bào)之以桃”
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Students hold a piece of paper between their legs as they balance a book on their heads during etiquette training at a vocational school in Beijing.
在北京一所職業(yè)學(xué)校進(jìn)行的禮儀訓(xùn)練期間，學(xué)生們的頭上頂著一本書的同時(shí)，兩腿腿之間還要夾著一張紙。
Overtime, it could boost the US's income sufficiently high to balance its book. In this strategy, the US will continue to rely on foreign money but for investment, not consumption.
加班加點(diǎn)可以增加收入以平衡帳目，但這一策略下，美國(guó)將繼續(xù)依賴外滙，不過是變消費(fèi)爲(wèi)投資。

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