checks and balances
中文釋義
制衡機制，指為了防止權力濫用而設立的制度。
Systems designed to prevent any one part of government from becoming too powerful.
常用搭配
- a system of checks and balances制衡體系
- weaken checks and balances削弱制衡
- maintain checks and balances維持制衡
例句
- In a healthy company, checks and balances stop any one boss from going rogue.健康的公司裡，制衡機制能防止某個老闆胡來。
- The audit committee provides checks and balances over executive spending.審計委員會對高管開支起到制衡作用。