Put the thing on a pair of old scales and watch the needle. Nothing has to be the same size for the needle to sit in the middle; each part only has to be the size it should be. Take one part away, or let one part grow too heavy, and the whole thing tips. That needle sitting still is what well-balanced describes — in a knife, in a plate of food, and in a person on a bad day.

可以想成把東西放上一台老式天平,然後看著指針。要讓指針停在中間,各部分不必一樣大,只要各自是該有的份量就好。少掉一塊,或是某一塊太重,整個就會往一邊倒。well-balanced 描述的就是指針停住的那個狀態:一把刀是這樣,一盤菜是這樣,一個人在很糟的日子裡也是這樣。

登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。