balancing act

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ˈbalancing ˌact noun [countableC usually singular]

when you are trying to please two or more people or groups who all want different things, or who have ideas that are completely different from each other 两面讨好的行为

Gilmore had to perform the difficult balancing act of attracting moderate voters without losing his Conservative base.

吉尔摩不得不艰难地两面讨好，既要吸引温和派的选民，又不能失去他在保守党里的支持基础。

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balancing act• The question now facing voters is which approach is likely to achieve the best balancing act.• Richard was engaged on what must often have appeared to him to be a bewildering balancing act.• But it's a crucial balancing act where you have to prioritise on a daily basis.• It was a tricky little balancing act.• Now that balancing act has become more precarious than ever.• Neither half of that balancing act has yet met with success.• Using political power to reduce market inequalities requires a high-wire balancing act.

ˈbalancing ˌact noun

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