英 /weɪt/,美 /weɪt/
重量;体重:指物体所受重力的大小或人体的质量。例如:The pillars have to support the weight of the roof.(这些柱子须承受屋顶的重量。);He gained some weight recently.(近来,他的体重增加了。)
重物;砝码;秤砣:如 Old scales used little weights to balance the goods purchased.(老式秤用小秤砣来称购买的货物。)
重任;负担:表示精神上的压力或责任。如 The full weight of decision-making falls on her.(决策的重任全落在她的肩上了。);Looking after both elderly parents was a heavy weight on her shoulders.(照顾两位年迈的父母是她肩上的沉重负担。)
重要性;影响力:指事物具有的分量或作用。例如:His opinion doesn't carry much weight.(他的意见没多少影响。);She holds considerable weight in his decision-making.(她对他的决策有相当大的影响力。)
(拳击等的)重量级别:如 Mohammad Ali boxed in the heavy weight division.(穆罕默德·阿里的拳击重量级别为重量级。)
(统计学)加权,权,权重:The analysis shows that income has considerable weight in who buys expensive cars.(分析表明,收入在购买昂贵汽车的人群中具有相当大的权重。)
使……负重;加重于:在某物上加重量。例如:We'll weight up the consequences of the action.(我们将评价这一行动的后果。);We weighted the sacks before dumping them overboard.(我们在把麻袋扔到船外之前给它们称了重量。)
(用重物)压住,镇住:He weighted the papers with the book.(他用那本书压住纸张。)
使负担;使受压:Please don't weight me with all your problems.(请不要把你所有的问题都压在我身上。)
weight loss:体重减轻;减肥。如 I'm trying to lose weight.(我正在努力减肥。);Weight loss should be gradual.(减肥应该循序渐进。)
gain weight:体重增加;发胖。例如:He gained weight after eating too much.(他吃得太多后体重增加了。)
under the weight of:在……重压下;迫于……。如 It's an economic problem that weighs heavily on household budgets.(这是一个严重影响家庭预算的经济问题。)
give weight to:重视;认为……有分量。To give weight to something 可理解为“认为某项证据很有分量”等。
body weight:体重。如 The body - mass index is a ratio of a person's body weight to height.(身体质量指数是一个人的体重与身高的比率。)
by weight:按重量;按重量计。
The weight of the bag is too heavy.(这个包太重了。)
He has put on weight since I last saw him.(自从我上次见到他以来,他又长胖了。)
The President swings his weight to get laws passed.(总统运用权力使法律获得通过。)
The true giants weight nearly a ton.(这个真正的巨人的重量约达一吨。)
The numbers were weighted to reflect population density.(这些数字被加权以反映人口密度。)
These two watermelons are the