preponderates
■If sometimes our common parent has been a little partial, and not kept the scales quite even; if one preponderates too much, we throw into the lighter a due counterpoise of vanity, which never fails to set all right.
倘若大自然有时候有那么一点偏心,没有将天平摆正;倘若有一头过重,我们就会在轻的一头投上一枚大小适当的虚荣的砝码,它每次都会将天平重新调平,从不出差错。
■if one preponderates too much, we throw into the lighter a due counterpoise of vanity, which never fails to set all right.
倘若有一头过重,我们就会在轻的一头投上一枚大小适当的虚荣的砝码,它每次都会将天平重新调平,从不出差错。
■Christian preponderates in the population of that part of the country
基督教徒在该国那一地区的人口中居多
■Christian preponderates in the population of that part of the country.
基督教徒在该国那一地区的人口中居多。
■if one preponderates too much, we throw into the lighter a due counterpoise of vanity , which never fails to set all right.
如果有一边过重,我们就会在稍轻的一边投上一枚重量刚好的虚荣的砝码,它每次都会将天平重新调正。
■This reason preponderates over all others.
这个理由较所有其他理由重要。