weight

1. N-VAR The weight of a person or thing is how heavy they are, measured in units such as kilograms, pounds, or tons. 重量

What is your height and weight?

你的身高和體重是多少？

2. PHRASE If someone loses weight, they become lighter. If they gain weight or put on weight, they become heavier. 體重減輕; 體重增加

I'm lucky really as I never put on weight. 我真的很幸運，體重從未增加過。

The boy appeared anxious, had lost weight and was not sleeping well. 那個男孩顯得很焦慮，體重減輕了，覺也睡不好。

3. N-UNCOUNT A person's or thing's weight is the fact that they are very heavy. 分量重

His weight was harming his health. 他沉重的體重正危害著他的健康。

4. N-SING 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. (身體的) 重心

He shifted his weight from one foot to the other. 他將身體的重心從一只腳挪到另一只腳上。

5. N-COUNT Weights are objects that weigh a known amount and that people lift as a form of exercise. 啞鈴

I was in the gym lifting weights. 我正在健身房舉啞鈴。

6. N-COUNT Weights are metal objects that weigh a known amount and that are used on a set of scales to weigh other things. 砝碼

7. N-COUNT You can refer to a heavy object as a weight, especially when you have to lift it. (尤其指必須舉起的) 重物

Straining to lift heavy weights can lead to a rise in blood pressure. 用盡全身力氣舉起重物會導致血壓升高。

8. V-T If you weight something, you make it heavier by adding something to it, for example, in order to stop it from moving easily. 加重量于

It can be sewn into curtain hems to weight the curtain and so allow it to hang better. 可以把它縫在窗簾的摺邊里以增加窗簾的重量，使之更有下垂感。

9. N-VAR If something is given a particular weight, it is given a particular value according to how important or significant it is. 權重

The scientists involved put different weight on the conclusions of different models. 相關科學家們對不同模型的結論賦予的權重各不相同。

10. N-UNCOUNT If someone or something gives weight to what a person says, thinks, or does, they emphasize its significance. 分量

The fact that he is gone has given more weight to fears that he may try to launch a civil war. 他已離開這一事實讓人更加擔心他可能要發(fā)動一場內(nèi)戰(zhàn)。

11. N-UNCOUNT If you give something or someone weight, you consider them to be very important or influential in a particular situation. 重視

Consumers generally place more weight on negative information than on the positive when deciding what to buy. 消費者在決定購買的時候，一般更看重負面信息而不是正面信息。

12. →see also weighting

13. PHRASE If a person or their opinion carries weight, they are respected and are able to influence people. 有影響力

Senator Kerry carries considerable weight in Washington. 參議員克里在華盛頓舉足輕重。

14. PHRASE 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. 極有價值[強調(diào)]

Any successful manager is worth his weight in gold. 任何成功的經(jīng)理都非常有價值。

15. PHRASE If you pull your weight, you work as hard as everyone else who is involved in the same task or activity. 盡本分

He accused the team of not pulling their weight. 他指責隊員們沒有盡到自己的本分。

16. a weight off your mind→see mind