weigh
verb/weɪ/
/weɪ/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they weigh | /weɪ/ /weɪ/ |
| he / she / it weighs | /weɪz/ /weɪz/ |
| past simple weighed | /weɪd/ /weɪd/ |
| past participle weighed | /weɪd/ /weɪd/ |
| -ing form weighing | /ˈweɪɪŋ/ /ˈweɪɪŋ/ |
- linking verb + noun to have a particular weight
有…重；重 - 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。 - A healthy baby usually weighs 6 lbs or more.
一个健康的婴儿体重通常在 6 磅或以上。 - The average male tiger weighs around 200 kg.
雄性老虎的平均体重约为200公斤。 - The diamond weighs 4.50 carats.
这颗钻石重 4.50 克拉。 - (informal) These cases weigh a ton (= are very heavy).
这些箱子重得很。
- How much do you weigh (= how heavy are you)?
- [transitive] weigh somebody/something/yourself to measure how heavy somebody/something is, usually by using scales
称重量，量体重（通常用磅秤） - He weighed himself on the bathroom scales.
他用浴室磅秤量体重。 - Chicks were weighed and measured daily.
每天对雏鸡进行称重和测量。 - 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。
- He weighed himself on the bathroom scales.
- [transitive] to consider something carefully before making a decision
认真考虑；权衡；斟酌 - weigh something (up) You must weigh up the pros and cons (= consider the advantages and disadvantages of something).
你必须权衡利弊。 - She weighed up all the evidence.
她慎重地考虑了所有的证据。 - You'll need to weigh up all your options.
您需要权衡所有选择。 - The jury weighed up the evidence carefully.
陪审团仔细考量了证据。 - weigh (up) something against something I weighed the benefits of the plan against the risks involved.
我认真考虑了这个计划的优点和有关的风险。 - We weighed the cost of advertising against the likely gains from increased business.
我们权衡了广告成本和业务增加可能带来的收益。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- up
- against
- weigh something (up) You must weigh up the pros and cons (= consider the advantages and disadvantages of something).
- [intransitive] weigh (with somebody) (against somebody/something) to have an influence on somebody’s opinion or the result of something
（对看法或结果）有影响；有分量 - His past record weighs heavily against him.
他过去的记录对他很不利。 - The evidence weighs in her favour.
证据对她有利。
Extra Examples- This fact weighed heavily in her favour.
这个事实对她颇为有利。 - His untidy appearance weighed against him.
他邋里邋遢的外表对他不利。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- heavily
- strongly
- against
- in favour/favor of
- with
- …
- His past record weighs heavily against him.
- [transitive] weigh anchor to lift an anchor out of the water and into a boat before sailing away
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Word OriginOld English wegan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wegen ‘weigh’, German bewegen ‘move’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin vehere ‘convey’. Early senses included ‘transport from one place to another’ and ‘raise up’.
Idioms
weigh your words
- to choose your words carefully so that you say exactly what you mean
推敲；斟酌字句 - He spoke slowly, weighing his words.
他缓慢地说着，斟酌着措辞。
- He spoke slowly, weighing his words.