Life works upon a compensating balance, and the happiness we gain in one direction we lose in another.

生活总是在补偿性地自我平衡着，在这里得到的幸福，会在那里失去。

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At any point in the life cycle, the precision of the subordinate artifacts should be in balance with this understanding, at compatible levels of detail and reasonably traceable to each other.

在生命周期中的任意一点，次要工件的精确性应与这种理解相平衡，在详细程度上保持一致，相互之间保持一定程度的可追踪性。

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The projects his department has been overseeing aspire to improve the general quality of street life and, in a few cases, tip the balance in neglected corners of the city.

他的部门监管的这些项目激发了整体街道生活的改善，有时候也让城市中被忽略的角落变得举足轻重。

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Against that, I suppose, you've got pessimists-- pessimists who say, " "No, no. Although life perhaps has some good things, " the overall grand balance " is negative for everybody in every circumstance.

与之相反还有悲观主义者-,悲观主义者会说，“不，也许生活有些美好的事情，“但总体的结果,“在任何情况下对任何人都是负数。

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