checks and balances
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- n.制约与平衡（为保持机构或政体内的公正并防止权力集中于小团体）
- 网络制衡；三权分立；权力制衡
checks and balances
1. | 制约与平衡（为保持机构或政体内的公正并防止权力集中于小团体）influences in an organization or political system which help to keep it fair and stop a small group from keeping all the power |
2. | 三权分立（美国政府中总统、国会以及最高法院之间相互制约的政体原则）(in the US) the principle of government by which the President, Congress and the Supreme Court each have some control over the others |