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weight n.重量；体重；重任；重要vt.使 ... 负重；使倾斜 (1) 这些柱子须承受屋顶的重量。(2) 近来，他的体重增加了。(3) 自从我上次见到他以来，他又长胖了。(4) 决策的重任全落在她的肩上了。(5) 总统运用权力使法律获得通过。(6) 他的意见没多少影响。(7) 丢钱的事总是压在我心里。(8) 这个真正的巨人的重量约达一吨(9) 我们将评价这一行动的后果。 In physics, weight is a precise measurement based on the force that gravity exerts on a mass. Got that? All meanings of the word weight are related to this sense of heaviness. Something that is important, like testimony at a trial or a serious conversation, can be described as having weight, even if you can't put it on a scale.

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英 [weɪt] 美 [weɪt] (1) The pillars have to support the weight of the roof.(2) He gained some weight recently.(3) He has put on weight since I last saw him.(4) The full weight of decision-making falls on her.(5) The President swings his weight to get laws passed.(6) His opinion doesn't carry much weight.(7) The loss of the money has been a weight on my mind.(8) The true giants weight nearly a ton(9) We'll weight up the consequences of the action. The weight of a cat on your lap might not bother you, but the weight of your 156 pound Rottweiler? Oh boy. Weight refers to the heaviness of a person or object. 1[N-VAR 可变名词]重量；分量；体重 The weight of a person or thing is how heavy they are, measured in units such as kilograms, pounds, or tons.   [oft amount in N]  [V inflects]What is your height and weight?...你的身高和体重是多少？This reduced the weight of the load...这减轻了负荷的重量。Turkeys can reach enormous weights of up to 50 pounds.火鸡能重达50磅。If someone loses weight, they become lighter. If they gain weight or put on weight, they become heavier.体重减轻/增加；变瘦/变胖I'm lucky really as I never put on weight...我很幸运，因为我的体重从来没有增加过。He lost two stone in weight during his time there.他在那儿的时候体重下降了2英石。Usage Note :In British English, a person's weight is normally measured in stones and pounds. A stone is equivalent to 14 pounds, or 6.35 kilograms. When you are mentioning someone's weight, you often omit the word pounds, and stone usually has a singular form although its meaning is plural. Jodie confessed she now weighed 9 stone 12. In American English, pounds and kilos are used. I weigh 110 pounds. 在英国英语中，体重的衡量单位通常是英石或磅。1英石相当于14磅或6.35千克。提到某人的体重时，常常省略“磅”，而英石通常用单数形式表示复数概念：Jodie confessed she now weighed 9 stone 12 (乔迪承认她现在体重有9英石12磅)。美国英语中用磅和千克：I weigh 110 pounds (我重110磅)。2[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]过重；分量重 A person's or thing's weight is the fact that they are very heavy.   [with poss]His weight was harming his health...他体重过重，这有损他的健康。Despite the vehicle's size and weight it is not difficult to drive.尽管车子很大很重，但它一点都不难开。3[N-SING 单数名词]重心 If you move your weight, you change position so that most of the pressure of your body is on a particular part of your body.   [poss/the N]He shifted his weight from one foot to the other...他把重心从一只脚转到另一只脚上。He kept the weight from his left leg.他一直不让左腿受力。4[N-COUNT 可数名词]哑铃；杠铃片 Weights are objects which weigh a known amount and which people lift as a form of exercise.   [usu pl]I was in the gym lifting weights.我在健身房举哑铃。5[N-COUNT 可数名词]砝码；秤砣；秤锤 Weights are metal objects which weigh a known amount and which are used on a set of scales to weigh other things. 6[N-COUNT 可数名词](尤指需举起的)重物 You can refer to a heavy object as a weight, especially when you have to lift it. Straining to lift heavy weights can lead to a rise in blood pressure.用力提重物会导致血压升高。7[VERB 动词]加重量于；使负重 If you weight something, you make it heavier by adding something to it, for example in order to stop it from moving easily.   [V n]It can be sewn into curtain hems to weight the curtain and so allow it to hang better.可以把它缝到窗帘的褶边里增加重量，使窗帘更有垂感。8[VERB 动词]权衡…的价值；加权重于 If you weight things, you give them different values according to how important or significant they are.   [V n]  [V-ed]...a computer program which weights the different transitions according to their likelihood...根据可能性的大小对不同转换进行加权处理的电脑程序This takes account of the number of countries in which a company wins approval for a new drug, weighted by the size of each country's market.这考虑到了允许一家公司的新药在本国上市的国家的数量，并依照每个国家的市场规模权衡其重要性。9[N-VAR 可变名词]权重；重要性 If something is given a particular weight, it is given a particular value according to how important or significant it is. The scientists involved put different weight on the conclusions of different models...相关科学家对不同模型的结论给予不同的权重。We had this understanding that courses were roughly the same weight.我们已经了解到各门功课差不多一样重要。10[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](事物的)分量，重量，重压 If you talk about the weight of something, you mean that it is large in amount or has great power, which means that it is difficult to oppose or fight against.   [the N of n]The weight of expectation was getting to them...他们逐渐感觉到了期望带来的压力。Companies found themselves collapsing under the weight of debts.许多公司发现自己因债台高筑而濒临倒闭。11[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]重要性；分量 If someone or something gives weight to what a person says, thinks, or does, they emphasize its significance. The fact that he is gone has given more weight to fears that he may try to launch a civil war...他已经离开这一事实让人更担心他会发动一场内战。Do you think, perhaps, that what happened today might lend weight to that criticism?你觉得今天发生的事情可能会使那种批评加剧吗？12[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]重要性；影响力 If you give something or someone weight, you consider them to be very important or influential in a particular situation. Consumers generally place more weight on negative information than on the positive when deciding what to buy.消费者在决定要买什么东西的时候往往更重视负面消息，而不是正面消息。...the overwhelming weight Freud assigned parents in our development.弗洛伊德认为父母在我们的成长过程中所起到的举足轻重的作用13[N-SING 单数名词]负担；重担 If you feel a weight on you, you have a problem or a responsibility that is difficult for you to manage and that you are very worried about. The relief was indescribable. It was freedom after years of slavery. A great weight lifted from me.如释重负的感觉是难以言喻的。这是受多年奴役之后的自由。我卸下了一个重担。14See also:dead weight；  15[PHRASE 短语]有分量；有影响力 If a person or their opinion carries weight, they are respected and are able to influence people.   [V inflects]That argument no longer carries as much weight...那个论点不再具有那么大的影响力了。Senator Kerry carries considerable weight in Washington.参议员克里在华盛顿举足轻重。16[PHRASE 短语]非常有价值；十分重要 If you say that someone or something is worth their weight in gold, you are emphasizing that they are so useful, helpful, or valuable that you feel you could not manage without them.   [v-link PHR]  [emphasis]Any successful manager is worth his weight in gold.任何一个成功的管理者都是千金难求的。17[PHRASE 短语]尽本分；做好分内事 If you pull your weight, you work as hard as everyone else who is involved in the same task or activity.   [V inflects]He accused the team of not pulling their weight.他指责这个团队没有尽到本分。18[PHRASE 短语]仗势欺人；盛气凌人 If someone throws their weight around or throws their weight about, they act aggressively and use their authority over other people more than they need to.   [V inflects]  [disapproval]19[PHRASE 短语]（利用自己的影响等）全力相助，鼎力支持 If you throw your weight behind a person, plan, or campaign, you use all your influence and do everything you can to support them.   [V inflects]  [WRITTEN 笔语]The administration is throwing its full weight behind the UN plan.该政府正鼎力支持这项联合国计划。20  a weight off your mind→see: mind； 相关词组：weight down

英语单词	weight
英美音标	英 [weɪt] 美 [weɪt]
中文释义	n.重量；体重；重任；重要 vt.使 ... 负重；使倾斜
英语例句	(1) The pillars have to support the weight of the roof. (2) He gained some weight recently. (3) He has put on weight since I last saw him. (4) The full weight of decision-making falls on her. (5) The President swings his weight to get laws passed. (6) His opinion doesn't carry much weight. (7) The loss of the money has been a weight on my mind. (8) The true giants weight nearly a ton (9) We'll weight up the consequences of the action.
中文例句	(1) 这些柱子须承受屋顶的重量。 (2) 近来，他的体重增加了。 (3) 自从我上次见到他以来，他又长胖了。 (4) 决策的重任全落在她的肩上了。 (5) 总统运用权力使法律获得通过。 (6) 他的意见没多少影响。 (7) 丢钱的事总是压在我心里。 (8) 这个真正的巨人的重量约达一吨 (9) 我们将评价这一行动的后果。
vocabulary简明	The weight of a cat on your lap might not bother you, but the weight of your 156 pound Rottweiler? Oh boy. Weight refers to the heaviness of a person or object.
vocabulary扩展	In physics, weight is a precise measurement based on the force that gravity exerts on a mass. Got that? All meanings of the word weight are related to this sense of heaviness. Something that is important, like testimony at a trial or a serious conversation, can be described as having weight, even if you can't put it on a scale.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-VAR 可变名词]重量；分量；体重 The weight of a person or thing is how heavy they are, measured in units such as kilograms, pounds, or tons. [oft amount in N] [V inflects] What is your height and weight?... 你的身高和体重是多少？ This reduced the weight of the load... 这减轻了负荷的重量。 Turkeys can reach enormous weights of up to 50 pounds. 火鸡能重达50磅。 If someone loses weight, they become lighter. If they gain weight or put on weight, they become heavier.体重减轻/增加；变瘦/变胖 I'm lucky really as I never put on weight... 我很幸运，因为我的体重从来没有增加过。 He lost two stone in weight during his time there. 他在那儿的时候体重下降了2英石。 Usage Note : In British English, a person's weight is normally measured in stones and pounds. A stone is equivalent to 14 pounds, or 6.35 kilograms. When you are mentioning someone's weight, you often omit the word pounds, and stone usually has a singular form although its meaning is plural. Jodie confessed she now weighed 9 stone 12. In American English, pounds and kilos are used. I weigh 110 pounds. 在英国英语中，体重的衡量单位通常是英石或磅。1英石相当于14磅或6.35千克。提到某人的体重时，常常省略“磅”，而英石通常用单数形式表示复数概念：Jodie confessed she now weighed 9 stone 12 (乔迪承认她现在体重有9英石12磅)。美国英语中用磅和千克：I weigh 110 pounds (我重110磅)。 2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]过重；分量重 A person's or thing's weight is the fact that they are very heavy. [with poss] His weight was harming his health... 他体重过重，这有损他的健康。 Despite the vehicle's size and weight it is not difficult to drive. 尽管车子很大很重，但它一点都不难开。 3 [N-SING 单数名词]重心 If you move your weight, you change position so that most of the pressure of your body is on a particular part of your body. [poss/the N] He shifted his weight from one foot to the other... 他把重心从一只脚转到另一只脚上。 He kept the weight from his left leg. 他一直不让左腿受力。 4 [N-COUNT 可数名词]哑铃；杠铃片 Weights are objects which weigh a known amount and which people lift as a form of exercise. [usu pl] I was in the gym lifting weights. 我在健身房举哑铃。 5 [N-COUNT 可数名词]砝码；秤砣；秤锤 Weights are metal objects which weigh a known amount and which are used on a set of scales to weigh other things. 6 [N-COUNT 可数名词](尤指需举起的)重物 You can refer to a heavy object as a weight, especially when you have to lift it. Straining to lift heavy weights can lead to a rise in blood pressure. 用力提重物会导致血压升高。 7 [VERB 动词]加重量于；使负重 If you weight something, you make it heavier by adding something to it, for example in order to stop it from moving easily. [V n] It can be sewn into curtain hems to weight the curtain and so allow it to hang better. 可以把它缝到窗帘的褶边里增加重量，使窗帘更有垂感。 8 [VERB 动词]权衡…的价值；加权重于 If you weight things, you give them different values according to how important or significant they are. [V n] [V-ed] ...a computer program which weights the different transitions according to their likelihood... 根据可能性的大小对不同转换进行加权处理的电脑程序 This takes account of the number of countries in which a company wins approval for a new drug, weighted by the size of each country's market. 这考虑到了允许一家公司的新药在本国上市的国家的数量，并依照每个国家的市场规模权衡其重要性。 9 [N-VAR 可变名词]权重；重要性 If something is given a particular weight, it is given a particular value according to how important or significant it is. The scientists involved put different weight on the conclusions of different models... 相关科学家对不同模型的结论给予不同的权重。 We had this understanding that courses were roughly the same weight. 我们已经了解到各门功课差不多一样重要。 10 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](事物的)分量，重量，重压 If you talk about the weight of something, you mean that it is large in amount or has great power, which means that it is difficult to oppose or fight against. [the N of n] The weight of expectation was getting to them... 他们逐渐感觉到了期望带来的压力。 Companies found themselves collapsing under the weight of debts. 许多公司发现自己因债台高筑而濒临倒闭。 11 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]重要性；分量 If someone or something gives weight to what a person says, thinks, or does, they emphasize its significance. The fact that he is gone has given more weight to fears that he may try to launch a civil war... 他已经离开这一事实让人更担心他会发动一场内战。 Do you think, perhaps, that what happened today might lend weight to that criticism? 你觉得今天发生的事情可能会使那种批评加剧吗？ 12 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]重要性；影响力 If you give something or someone weight, you consider them to be very important or influential in a particular situation. Consumers generally place more weight on negative information than on the positive when deciding what to buy. 消费者在决定要买什么东西的时候往往更重视负面消息，而不是正面消息。 ...the overwhelming weight Freud assigned parents in our development. 弗洛伊德认为父母在我们的成长过程中所起到的举足轻重的作用 13 [N-SING 单数名词]负担；重担 If you feel a weight on you, you have a problem or a responsibility that is difficult for you to manage and that you are very worried about. The relief was indescribable. It was freedom after years of slavery. A great weight lifted from me. 如释重负的感觉是难以言喻的。这是受多年奴役之后的自由。我卸下了一个重担。 14 See also:dead weight ； 15 [PHRASE 短语]有分量；有影响力 If a person or their opinion carries weight, they are respected and are able to influence people. [V inflects] That argument no longer carries as much weight... 那个论点不再具有那么大的影响力了。 Senator Kerry carries considerable weight in Washington. 参议员克里在华盛顿举足轻重。 16 [PHRASE 短语]非常有价值；十分重要 If you say that someone or something is worth their weight in gold, you are emphasizing that they are so useful, helpful, or valuable that you feel you could not manage without them. [v-link PHR] [emphasis] Any successful manager is worth his weight in gold. 任何一个成功的管理者都是千金难求的。 17 [PHRASE 短语]尽本分；做好分内事 If you pull your weight, you work as hard as everyone else who is involved in the same task or activity. [V inflects] He accused the team of not pulling their weight. 他指责这个团队没有尽到本分。 18 [PHRASE 短语]仗势欺人；盛气凌人 If someone throws their weight around or throws their weight about, they act aggressively and use their authority over other people more than they need to. [V inflects] [disapproval] 19 [PHRASE 短语]（利用自己的影响等）全力相助，鼎力支持 If you throw your weight behind a person, plan, or campaign, you use all your influence and do everything you can to support them. [V inflects] [WRITTEN 笔语] The administration is throwing its full weight behind the UN plan. 该政府正鼎力支持这项联合国计划。 20 a weight off your mind→see: mind ；相关词组： weight down

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