English-Danish translations for ballast

ballastVi har ikke råd til fortsat at blive tynget ned af denne ideologiske ballast. We cannot afford to keep on being weighed down by this ideological ballast. Princippet om solidaritet må ikke behandles, som om det var en ballast, der kan kastes over bord til enhver tid. The principle of solidarity must not be treated as if it were a ballast to be jettisoned at any time. I virkeligheden giver De os en smule, og De kaster en smule ballast ud. What you are in fact doing is giving us a little and throwing some ballast overboard.

Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship , to provide stability
Coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads, or in making concrete
device used for stabilizing current in an electric circuit (e.g. in a tube lamp supply circuit
To stabilize or load a ship with ballast

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