单词 | weigh somebody/something ↔ up |
释义 | weigh somebody/something ↔ upweigh somebody/something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v a)CONSIDER/COMPARE 考虑/比较 THINK ABOUTto consider something carefully so that you can make a decision about it 仔细考虑,权衡 We’re still weighing up the pros and cons (=the advantages and disadvantages) of the two options. 我们仍在对两个选择权衡利弊。 b) OPINIONto watch someone and listen to them carefully so that you can form an opinion about what they are like 〔通过观察〕评估〔某人〕 I could see that he was weighing me up. 我看得出他是在掂量我。 Examples from the Corpus weigh up• You have to go through a sort of incubation period while people weigh you up.• I can not weigh them up and judge them.• You are not conscious of them weighing you up, but they do.• We weighed each other up for a few moments without speaking.• It doesn't take a brain box to weigh that up - it actually means that 47 people lost their jobs. → weigh somebody/something ↔ up at weigh(PHRASAL VERB) |
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