新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

weightIELTS重点词汇

英 [weɪt]

[NOUN, VERB]

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NOUN. 名词

weights
1. [C, U 有变体名词] 重量
The weight of a person or thing is how heavy they are, measured in units such as kilograms, pounds, or tons.
双语例句
例：
What is your height and weight?
你的身高和体重是多少？
例：
This reduced the weight of the load.
这减少了负荷量。
例：
Turkeys can reach enormous weights of up to 50 pounds.
火鸡可以重达50磅。
2. [U 不可数名词] 过量 , 分量重
A person's or thing's weight is the fact that they are very heavy.
双语例句
例：
His weight was harming his health.
他沉重的体重正危害着他的健康。
3. [SING 单数型名词] （身体的）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.
双语例句
例：
He shifted his weight from one foot to the other.
他将身体的重心从一只脚转到另一只脚上。
4. [C 可数名词] 哑铃
Weights are objects that weigh a known amount and that people lift as a form of exercise.
双语例句
例：
I was in the gym lifting weights.
我正在健身房举哑铃。
5. [C 可数名词] 砝码
Weights are metal objects that weigh a known amount and that are used on a set of scales to weigh other things.
6. [C 可数名词] （尤其指必须举起的）重物
You can refer to a heavy object as a weight, especially when you have to lift it.
双语例句
例：
Straining to lift heavy weights can lead to a rise in blood pressure.
举重物时用力过猛会导致血压升高。
7. [C, U 有变体名词] 权重
If something is given a particular weight, it is given a particular value according to how important or significant it is.
近义词
weighting
双语例句
例：
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权重各不相同。
8. [U 不可数名词] 分量
If someone or something gives weight to what a person says, thinks, or does, they emphasize its significance.
双语例句
例：
The fact that he is gone has given more weight to fears that he may try to launch a civil war.
他的离开令人更加担心他可能要发动一场内战。
9. [U 不可数名词] 重视
If you give something or someone weight, you consider them to be very important or influential in a particular situation.
双语例句
例：
Consumers generally place more weight on negative information than on the positive when deciding what to buy.
消费者在决定购买商品时，往往更看重负面信息而不是正面信息。

PHRASE. 习语

lose weight , gain weight , put on weight
1. 体重减轻 , 体重增加
If someone loses weight, they become lighter. If they gain weight or put on weight, they become heavier.
双语例句
例：
I'm lucky really as I never put on weight.
我真的很幸运，因为体重从未增加过。
例：
The boy appeared anxious, had lost weight and was not sleeping well.
那个男孩显得很焦虑，体重减轻了，觉也睡不好。
carry weight
1. 有影响力
If a person or their opinion carries weight, they are respected and are able to influence people.
双语例句
例：
Senator Kerry carries considerable weight in Washington.
参议员克里在华盛顿举足轻重。
worth your weight in gold
1. 极有价值
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.
双语例句
例：
Any successful manager is worth his weight in gold.
任何成功的管理者都非常有价值。
pull your weight
1. 尽本分
If you pull your weight, you work as hard as everyone else who is involved in the same task or activity.
双语例句
例：
He accused the team of not pulling their weight.
他指责这个团队没有尽到自己的本分。

VERB. 动词

weights , weighting , weighted
1. [T 及物动词] 加重量于
If you weight something, you make it heavier by adding something to it, for example, in order to stop it from moving easily.
双语例句
例：
It can be sewn into curtain hems to weight the curtain and so allow it to hang better.
可以把它缝在窗帘的摺边里来增加窗帘的重量，使之更有垂感。