English-Portuguese translations for counterweight

contrapesoAlegadamente, pouco contrapeso oferecemos à supremacia dos Estados Unidos. We are said to offer too little counterweight to US supremacy. Ou será que a UE vai encontrar um contrapeso para o domínio dos EUA?Or will the EU find a counterweight to the dominance of the USA? É esse o motivo por que temos de criar um contrapeso sólido contra as forças do mercado. That is why we must provide a solid counterweight against market forces.

A heavy mass of often iron or concrete, mechanically linked in opposition to a load which is to be raised and lowered, with the intent of reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering. Counterweights are used, for example, in cable-hauled elevators and some kinds of movable bridges (e.g. a bascule bridge

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