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weigh

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weigh /weɪ/ S3 W3 verb → whey, way

1 be a particular weight 有多重 [linking verb]WEIGH to have a particular weight 重〔若干〕，重量是…

The young birds weigh only a few grams.

雏鸟重量只有几克。

Do you know how much it weighs?

你知道它的重量吗？

What (=how much) do you weigh?

你的体重是多少？

The box was full of books and weighed a ton (=was very heavy).

这箱子里放满了书，重得很。

n GRAMMAR: Linking verbs

Weigh is a linking verb in this meaning. It links the subject of the sentence with a noun, often an amount:

The package weighed several kilos.

2 measure weight 测出重量 [transitiveT]WEIGH to use a machine to discover how much something or someone weighs 称…的重量

He weighed some potatoes on the scales.

他用秤称了一些土豆。

weigh yourself

Have you weighed yourself lately?

你最近称过体重吗？

3 consider/compare 考虑/比较 (also weigh up) [transitiveT]THINK ABOUT to consider something carefully so that you can make a decision about it 认真考虑，权衡〔某事〕

It is my job to weigh the evidence.

认真研究证据是我的职责。

weigh something against something

We have to weigh the benefits of the scheme against the costs.

我们必须把这个方案的好处和费用放在一起进行权衡。

4 influence 影响 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] formalEFFECT/INFLUENCE to influence someone’s opinion and the decision that they make 〔对观点或决定〕有影响

weigh against

This unfortunate experience will weigh heavily against further investment in the area.

这次遗憾的经历将大大影响对这个地区的进一步投资。

weigh in somebody's/something’s favour

These facts will weigh in your favour.

这些事实将对你有利。

weigh with

Her evidence weighed strongly with the judge.

她的证词对法官影响很大。

5 weigh your words THINK ABOUTto think very carefully about what you say because you do not want to say the wrong thing 〔因不想说错话而〕斟字酌句，推敲字眼

He was weighing his words carefully.

他在仔细斟酌要怎么说。

Examples from the Corpus

weigh your words• He began to weigh his words with great care, struggling to express himself as economically and clearly as possible.

6. weigh anchor TTWto raise an anchor and sail away 起锚，起航

Examples from the Corpus

weigh anchor• We weighed anchor next morning and sailed down the fiord on a calm sea.• It was time to weigh anchor on the cruise to Alaska.

PHRASAL VERBS

7 weigh somebody down phrasal verbphr v

a) BENDCARRYif something weighs you down, it is heavy and difficult to carry 使〔某人〕感到沉重；压下，压倒

be weighed down with something

Sally was weighed down with shopping bags.

萨莉吃力地提着购物袋。

b) WORRIEDif a problem weighs you down, it makes you feel worried and upset 使感到焦虑，使烦恼，使忧心忡忡

be weighed down by/with something

He felt weighed down by his responsibilities.

他感到自己的责任重得难以承受。

a family weighed down with grief

沉浸在悲痛之中的一家人

Examples from the Corpus

weigh down• But possessions stick like leeches: you're scared to let go, but they weigh you down.• It tormented me beyond all endurance, while at the same time the awful silence of the terrible prison weighed me down.• It was a load lifted from the heart, a load we had not even known weighed us down.• Good thing you got around to it, weighing her down and all that, getting her nice and heavy.• Heavily - weighted oil stocks also weighed the market down as investors booked profits after the sector's recent strong run.• While child care could still weigh us down, it always helped to feel like a pioneer.• Was history weighing them down, or the same stress felt by the seven other men on the blocks beside him?• Our inner lives have been hideously diminished by isolation from an ecosocial matrix, weighing us down with sadness and apathy.

be weighed down with something• She was weighed down with a confusing mixture of feelings that sometimes felt so mellow and piquant, it was almost pleasant.• These boroughs, like the London borough of Newham, are weighed down with more than their fair share of problems.• Suitcases that had once been quite light now felt as if they were weighed down with stones.

be weighed down by/with something• She was weighed down with a confusing mixture of feelings that sometimes felt so mellow and piquant, it was almost pleasant.• The rest were weighed down by an accumulation of debts incurred during the wars and natural disasters of the preceding century.• She was weighed down by it.• These boroughs, like the London borough of Newham, are weighed down with more than their fair share of problems.• Suitcases that had once been quite light now felt as if they were weighed down with stones.• She told teachers she was weighed down by the responsibilities of looking after her three younger sisters, including a nine-month-old baby.• His successors were weighed down by the sense of duty.

Examples from the Corpus

weigh• Allen is a fast runner, despite weighing 325 pounds and having a chest like a barrel.• Each whale was about 40 feet long and weighed 45 tonnes.• Our portable computer weighs 7 pounds and costs about $4000• I've never seen anything like it -- some of those cabbages must have weighed 8 pounds at least.• She didn't tell me how much the baby weighed.• How much does this parcel weigh?• What do you weigh -- a hundred kilos or so?• It looked as though it weighed a ton and seemed to quiver every so often.• It'll take two of us to get it out of the car, it weighs a ton!• Wasson said a steel truss weighing about 2 million pounds will be raised atop the northeast and southeast towers on May 20-21.• She weighs about 58 kg.• I haven't had time to weigh all of my options.• Weigh all the ingredients carefully before mixing them together.• How much do you weigh, Diane?• She collects stones to weigh down her basket, but as there is no hurry she falls asleep on the bank.• a special machine that weighs each truck and its cargo• The Boston Globe nurse weighed each woman and measured her thighs before and after the experiment.• I weigh eight stone now, exactly.• Both weighed exactly, the same: 475 pounds.• They would probably weigh it and work out the value that way.• At all ages, men weigh more than women.• Every time I weigh myself I seem to have got heavier!• What weighs on the other side of the scale?• Some of their players weigh over 300 pounds.• The stones seemed not to weigh the room towards the earth but to be ready to lift it into the sky.• You have to weigh the sugar exactly when you make wine.• Dieters shouldn't weigh themselves too often.• The blue whale is a vast creature, weighing up to 30 tons.

weighed a ton• They were full of books and weighed a ton.• It looked as though it weighed a ton and seemed to quiver every so often.

weigh yourself• He would face that weight, at eye level, each time he measured his height and weighed himself.• No point in weighing oneself down.• We weighed each other up for a few moments without speaking.• You are virtually 25 percent of the way to your new shape and tomorrow morning you will be measuring and weighing yourself.• Next, weigh yourself and make a note of it.• A Weighty Decision Tired of your scales groaning when you weigh yourself every morning?• Eventually it should be quite sufficient to weigh yourself once every week or two.• We do strongly recommend that you continue to weigh yourself regularly.

weigh something against something• We have to weigh the costs of the new system against the benefits it will bring.

weigh with• Greg's opinion usually weighs strongly with our supervisor.

Origin weigh

Old English wegan “to move, carry, weigh”

weigh verb →n GRAMMAR1 →PHRASAL VERBS1

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