1LOT/VERY MUCHin large amounts, to a high degree, or with great severity 很多地,大量地;非常;严重地SYN very
I became heavily involved in politics.
我深陷政治之中。
The report was heavily criticized in the press.
该报道遭到了新闻界的严厉批评。
a heavily populated area
人口密集地区
thousands of heavily armed troops
全副武装的数千人的部队
His wife was heavily pregnant at the time.
那时他妻子已经待产。
it rains/snows heavily
It’s been raining heavily all day.
大雨已经下了整整一天了。
drink/smoke heavily
Paul was drinking heavily by then.
那时保罗喝酒喝得很厉害。
heavily dependent/reliant/influenced
Britain is heavily dependent on imports for its raw materials.
英国的原材料严重依赖进口。
2.sleep heavilySLEEPif you sleep heavily, you cannot be woken easily 睡得沉
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sleep heavily• Exhausted by the horrors of that day, I slept heavily.• When finally she slept, she slept heavily, dreamlessly.• He was still sleeping heavily, in almost the sameposition they'd left him in.• They had all slept heavily, the sleep if not of the just, of the innocent and artless.
3breathe heavilyBREATHEto breathe slowly and loudly 喘粗气
Breathing heavily, I stopped and sat down to rest.
我喘着粗气,停住坐下来休息。
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breathe heavily• Another growling seemed to be coming from outside, and the sound of something breathing heavily.• She shook her head and sat down at the table, breathing heavily.• The Chancellor had loosened his tie and was breathing heavily.• The dying man coughed and breathed heavily.• Tippy was breathing heavily, her face white under the black eyeliner and heavyfoundation.• She was breathing heavily, her hands on her hips.• She was going very slowly and breathing heavily in her resolve that not a drop of whisky should be spilled.• He could hear Peter Stillman breathing heavily in his spot across the room.
4.heavily builtSTRONG PERSONhaving a large broad body that looks strong 身材粗壮的,魁梧的
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heavily built• Luckily, my shield was heavily built.• Angus is heavily built and fair.• Constantine was tall, heavily built and had a commandingpresence.• In a rough kind of way he was good-looking, but he was heavily built and looked an aggressive type.• To his left was a heavily built grey-haired man, who looked straight ahead.• He was certainly a heavily built man, but a lot of it was fat.• A heavily built man in a corduroyjacketedged closer to him on his left.• Shorter than Carver - five foot seven - he was heavily built with wideshoulders and stockylegs.
5SAD/UNHAPPYBORINGif you do or say something heavily, you do it slowly and with a lot of effort, especially because you are sad or bored 〔尤因伤心或无聊而〕行动[言语]缓慢地
He was walking heavily, his head down.
他低着头走,步履沉重而缓慢。
Emily sighed heavily.
埃米莉重重地叹了口气。
‘I suppose so, ’ she said heavily.
“我想是这样的。”她沉重地说。
6be heavily into somethinginformalLOT/VERY MUCH to do something a lot or be very interested in it 沉湎于某事物;对某事物非常着迷
Sid was heavily into drugs by the time he left school.
锡德毕业时已经沉迷于毒品。
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be heavily into something• Because they were heavily into conformance, not spirit and enthusiasm.• By nature the malais were heavily intofestivals, and this was a landmark in the history of their presence.• The B-cups are heavily intosleaze.
heavily dependent/reliant/influenced• Detailed statistics are not available for the inner city itself, but overall black totals are heavily influenced by ghetto conditions.• The number of errors is heavily influenced by motivation of the staff.• These expectations will usually be heavily influenced by past profits, but they are not the only consideration.• Once again the nature of these devices and their complexity will be heavily influenced by the publication's audience.• Check the fashion student who has obviously been far too heavily influenced by the recent Abba revival - Benny goes porno!• Britainis particularly vulnerable to a financialcrisis since it is heavily reliant on the profits of speculation.• A failing of systems such as Jelinek's is that they are heavily dependent on the size of lexicon used.• Right: the OpArtmovementheavily influencedtextile design.