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单词 heavyweight
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heavyweight
noun[C]
uk
/ˈhev.i.weɪt/us
/ˈhev.i.weɪt/
aboxerwhoweighsmore than 175pounds(79.5kilograms) and isthereforein theheaviestgroup:
（体重79.5公斤以上的）重量级拳击手
Mike Tyson was heavyweightchampionof theworld.迈克‧泰森曾是世界重量级拳击冠军。
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lightweightadjective(NOT HEAVY)
apersonor thing that isimportantorseriousand that otherpeoplenotice:
重量级人物；重要的事物
Herextraordinaryintelligenceandspeakingabilitymade her apoliticalheavyweight.她出众的智慧和口才使她成为政界的重量级人物。
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Important people and describing important people
Important and essential things
(Definition ofheavyweightfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

heavyweight| American Dictionary

heavyweight
noun[C]
us
/ˈhev·iˌweɪt/

heavyweightnoun[C](BOXING)

inboxing, acompetitorwhoweighsmore than 175pounds, or 79.5kilograms, and is in theheaviestgroup

heavyweightnoun[C](IMPORTANT PERSON)

someone who has a lot ofpowerin aparticularbusinessoractivity:
apoliticalheavyweight
(Definition ofheavyweightfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

heavyweight| Business English

heavyweight
noun[C]
uk
/ˈheviweɪt/us
a verysuccessfulandpowerfulpersonorcompany:
InordertopromoteLondon as aworldfinancialcentre, the Prime Minister willmeetwith City heavyweightslaterthisweek.
a political/industry/market heavyweightMarket heavyweights willupdateinvestorsin the first-quarterearningsseason.
aheavyweightbacker/broker
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lightweightnoun
(Definition ofheavyweightfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofheavyweight

heavyweight
My word, he was rough to our heavyweights.
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I suggested that it was the heavyweights that caused the damage.
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There is also talk of lightweights and heavyweights.
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I see it like this: today's lightweights are tomorrow's heavyweights, and vice versa.
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In certain fields, the heavyweights carry a lot of muscle.
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I use that comparison advisedly because they are both heavyweights in their fields.
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The former heavyweights are all elsewhere.
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Surely the lightweights exhibit as much if not more skill than the heavyweights, but the lightweights do not seem to attract the audience in the same way.
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Once the legal heavyweights applied their minds, it was revealed yet again that there are not manholes but yawning opencast gaps of enormous proportions in what we are discussing.
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We look forward to the other political and economic heavyweights also putting bids on the table, which has not been the case up to now for several of them.
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Light heavyweights were limited to a maximum of 81 kilograms in body mass.
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In just a little over one year, he went from being considered one of the most fearsome heavyweights of all-time to an overrated champion.
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Heavyweights are not permitted entry into the tournament.
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The throw had long been in use by lighter wrestlers but not by heavyweights since the technique required immense strength.
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However, even heavyweights are seen as low quality live stock and do not receive access to information, quality food, health care or freedom of movement.
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Collocationswithheavyweight

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heavyweight boxer
The particular case of theheavyweightboxerwas interesting.
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heavyweight champion
He was a formerheavyweightchampionof the world.
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heavyweight championship
Again on the way up the ladder, in the year 1918, before he won theheavyweightchampionshipof the world, he had 22 fights.
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