槓桿 — meaning in English

English meaning

• leverage noun Power or influence used to get an advantage or achieve a desired result.
• seesaw noun A playground plank balanced in the middle so that a person on one end goes up as the person on the other goes down.

Senses

槓桿 is used for these senses in English:

• leverage A force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot.
• puncheon A walkway or short, low footbridge over wet ground constructed with such timbers, made by laying one or more planks or dressed timbers over sills set directly on the ground; also called duck boards, bog boards, or bog bridge.
• seesaw A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.

leverage — full definition

1. noun Power or influence used to get an advantage or achieve a desired result.
2. noun The use of borrowed money to increase the potential return of an investment.
3. verb To use something to maximum advantage.

seesaw — full definition

1. noun A playground plank balanced in the middle so that a person on one end goes up as the person on the other goes down.
2. noun A pattern of repeated back-and-forth or up-and-down swings, especially in feelings, opinions, or results.
3. verb To swing repeatedly back and forth between two states or positions.

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