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英语单词 lightweight
英美音标 英 ['laɪtweɪt] 美 ['laɪtweɪt]
中文释义 adj.轻量级的;无足轻重的;比较轻的
n.轻量级拳击运动员;无足轻重的人或物;轻便
英语例句 (1) The result of all of this is that lightweight methods have some significant changes in emphasis from heavyweight methods.
(2) He was considered too lightweight for the job.
(3) These garden shears are lightweight and easy to use.
(4) Silk is a type of fabric that is both lightweight and beautiful.
(5) As a lightweight, his skill is of the highest order.
(6) The heavyweight danced around the ring like a lightweight.
(7) He's very conceited but he's just a lightweight in politics.
(8) The distinction of our product is its lightweight.
中文例句 (1) 结果便是,轻量级方法论强调对于重量级方法的一些重要改变。
(2) 人们认为他资历太浅,不适合做这工作。
(3) 这些园丁剪刀又轻又好用。
(4) 丝绸是一种又轻又美的织物。
(5) 作为轻量级拳击手,他的技术是第一流的。
(6) 重量级选手像轻量级选手一样在拳击场上跳跃。
(7) 他很自负但是在政治中他没有任何影响力。
(8) 我们产品的特点就是它很轻。
vocabulary简明 When an object is lightweight, it weighs much less than other similar objects. A person is a lightweight if they can't handle much — if you get full after a small meal, big eaters might refer to you as a lightweight.
vocabulary扩展 Break lightweight apart — light + weight — and you see its definition right there in its root words. Someone who is called a lightweight is either a professional boxer who weighs under 135 pounds or he's someone with little importance or ability. When a company is looking to make layoffs, it's the lightweight employees, or those who just aren't important to the business that often get axed first.
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]轻量的;轻质的;比通常重量轻的 Something that is lightweight weighs less than most other things of the same type.
  [usu ADJ n]
  • ...lightweight denim...

    轻磅牛仔面料

  • The company manufactures a range of innovative light-weight cycles.

    这家公司生产一系列的新型轻便自行车。

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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](拳击、柔道、赛艇等运动中的)轻量级 Lightweight is a category in some sports, such as boxing, judo, or rowing, based on the weight of the athlete.
  [usu N n]
  • By the age of sixteen he was the junior lightweight champion of Poland...

    16岁时他已经是波兰的青少年组轻量级冠军。

  • He changed from lightweight (under 71kg) to light middleweight (under 78kg).

    他从轻量级(71公斤以下)转到了轻中量级(78公斤以下)。

  • A lightweight is a person who is in the lightweight category in a particular sport.轻量级运动员
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]无足轻重的人;无能的人 If you describe someone as a lightweight, you are critical of them because you think that they are not very important or skilful in a particular area of activity.
  [disapproval]
  • Hill considered Sam a lightweight, a real amateur.

    希尔认为萨姆无足轻重,是个十足的生手。

  • Lightweight is also an adjective.
    • Some of the discussion in the book is lightweight and unconvincing.

      书中的有些论述肤浅琐碎,毫无说服力。

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