weigh

英 [weɪ] 美[we]

vt. 权衡；考虑；称…重量
vi. 重量为…；具有重要性；成为…的重荷；起锚
n. 权衡；称重量

近义词 gauge rate up estimate assess size appraise measure

CET6 考研 TEM4 CET4 核心词汇中频词

英英释义

1. have a certain weight

2. show consideration for; take into account;: "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient"

3. determine the weight of;: "The butcher weighed the chicken"

4. have weight; have import, carry weight;: "It does not matter much"

5. to be oppressive or burdensome;: "weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind"

同义词辨析

study, consider, ponder, weigh, contemplate

这些动词均有"考虑，思考，估量"之意。

study：普通用词，指对各方面考虑，在制订出计划或采取具体动作之前作认真检查。

consider：既指一时的对某事的考虑，也指长时间的深入的思考。

ponder：侧重仔细、深入、连续地考虑问题，以作出认真

的估计和正确的抉择。

weigh：指作出决策前把问题的各个方面进行比较，权衡利害得失，取有利的方面。

contemplate：通常指长时间思考某事，有时含无确定的实际目的。

词组搭配

weigh anchor

见 anchor

考试真题

The shortcomings of traditional print edition textbooks are obvious: For starters they're heavy, with the average physics textbook weighing 3.06 pounds.

With the percentage of people over age 65 expected to nearly double by 2050, it's important to weigh the health benefits of screening against the risks and costs of routine testing.

Saying they can no longer ignore the rising prices of health care, some of the most influential medical groups in the nation are recommending that doctors weigh the costs, not just the effectiveness of treatments, as they make decisions about patient care.

Saying they can no longer ignore the rising prices of health care, some of the most influential medical groups in the nation are recommending that doctors weigh the costs, not just the effectiveness of treatments, as they make decisions about patient care

A college classmate of mine, tim, was an excellent football player, even though he weighed much less than the average player.

At my heaviest I weighed 370 pounds.

Competition is fierce and the chief prize is a complete stilton cheese weighing about four kilos (disappointingly, but understandably the cheeses used in the race are wooden ones).

Each empty can of its food weighs 40g.

Each individual (个体的) ant hardly weighs anything, but put together they weigh roughly the same as all of mankind.

However, we are not all using the same reference standard to weigh risks and rewards.

Mammals weighing sixty kilograms have an average brain size of 200 cm2.

On average, each of the two million big stones weighed about as much as a large pickup truck.

Sometimes we decide that a little unnecessary danger is worth it because when we weigh the risk and the reward, the risk seems worth tasking.

Leading doctors today weigh in on the debate over the government's role in promoting public health by demanding that ministers impose "fat taxes" on unhealthy food and introduce cigarette-style warnings to children about the dangers of a poor diet.

实用场景例句

How much do you weigh (= how heavy are you) ?: 你体重多少？

She weighs 60 kilos.: 她体重为60公斤。

These cases weigh a ton (= are very heavy) .: 这些箱子重得很。

He weighed himself on the bathroom scales.: 他用浴室磅秤称体重。

She weighed the stone in her hand (= estimated how heavy it was by holding it) .: 她用手掂了掂那块石头的重量。

You must weigh up the pros and cons (= consider the advantages and disadvantages of sth) .: 你必须权衡利弊。

I weighed the benefits of the plan against the risks involved.: 我认真权衡了这个计划的优点和有关的风险。

She weighed up all the evidence.: 她慎重地考虑了所有的证据。

His past record weighs heavily against him.: 他过去的记录对他很不利。

The responsibilities of the job are weighing her down.: 这项工作的责任压得她喘不过气来。

He is weighed down with guilt.: 他由于内疚而心神不定。

I was weighed down with baggage.: 我被行李压得走不动路。

Both boxers weighed in at several pounds below the limit.: 两个拳击手赛前量的体重都比规定限度少几磅。

We all weighed in with our suggestions.: 我们都提出了建议。

Finally the government weighed in with financial aid.: 最后政府提供了财政支援。

The responsibilities weigh heavily on him.: 他肩负重任，寝食不安。

Something was weighing on her mind.: 她心事重重。

She weighed out a kilo of flour.: 她称出一千克面粉。

It weighs nearly 27 kilos (about 65 pounds)...: 它重近27千克(约65磅)。

This little ball of gold weighs a quarter of an ounce...: 这个小金球重0.25盎司。

The scales can be used to weigh other items such as parcels.: 这台秤可以用来称包裹等其他物品。

She weighed her options...: 她在各种选择间权衡斟酌。

He is weighing the possibility of filing criminal charges against the doctor...: 他正在仔细考虑对那个医生提起刑事诉讼的可能性。

He said the words very slowly, as if weighing each one of them.: 他说话非常慢，好像每个字都要仔细斟酌。

The separation weighed on both of them...: 分离使他们两人都十分苦恼。

She knows how your brother's disappearance weighs upon you.: 她知道你哥哥的失踪让你有多忧虑。

Current economic hardships weigh heavily in young women's decisions to find salaried work...: 目前的经济困难大大影响着年轻妇女在寻找有薪水的工作时的决定。

Human life weighed more with him than purity of policy...: 人类生命对他而言比政策的纯洁性更重要。

中文词源

weigh 称重

来自PIE*wegh,承载，运输，词源同way,vehicle,wagon.引申义承载，重量。

双语例句

1. Cranston and others were improperly trying to weigh in on the decision.: 克兰斯顿和其他人都不合时宜地想在这个决定中发表高见。

2. I learned how to weigh out packages of seed.: 我学会了如何称出袋装种子的重量。

3. I agreed to help him weigh it out.: 我答应帮他称一下。

4. You always weigh less in the morning.: 早晨体重总是会轻一些。

5. His remarks does not weigh with me at all.: 他的话对我一点也不重要.

英文词源

weigh: weigh: [OE] The etymological notion underlying weigh is ‘carrying’: for it comes ultimately from the Indo-European base *wegh-, which also produced Latin vehere ‘carry’ (source of English vector, vehicle, etc). The idea of ‘heaviness’ is a secondary development. The word’s immediate source was prehistoric Germanic *wegan, which also produced Dutch wegen, Swedish väga, and Danish veie ‘weigh’ and German bewegen ‘move’. The derivative weight [OE] also goes back to prehistoric Germanic.
=> vehicle, waggon, wee
weigh (v.): Old English wegan (class V strong verb, past tense wæg, past participle wægon) "find the weight of, measure; have weight; lift, carry, support, sustain, bear; move," from Proto-Germanic *wegan (cognates: Old Saxon wegan, Old Frisian wega, Dutch wegen "to weigh," Old Norse vega, Old High German wegan "to move, carry, weigh," German wiegen "to weigh"), from PIE *wegh- "to move" (cognates: Sanskrit vahati "carries, conveys," vahitram "vessel, ship;" Avestan vazaiti "he leads, draws;" Greek okhos "carriage;" Latin vehere "to carry, convey;" Old Church Slavonic vesti "to carry, convey;" Lithuanian vežu "to carry, convey;" Old Irish fecht "campaign, journey").

The original sense was of motion, which led to that of lifting, then to that of "measure the weight of." The older sense of "lift, carry" survives in the nautical phrase weigh anchor. Figurative sense of "to consider, ponder" (in reference to words, etc.) is recorded from mid-14c. To weigh in in the literal sense is from 1868, originally of jockeys; figurative meaning "bring one's influence to bear" is from 1909.

词态变化

第三人称单数: weighs;过去式: weighed;过去分词: weighed;现在分词: weighing;