| 单词 | makeweight |
| 释义 | makeweight noun[C] uk/ˈmeɪk.weɪt/us/ˈmeɪk.weɪt/something or someone, without muchvalueofitsown, that isaddedso that there is thecorrectamountornumber: 凑数的人（或物）；凑足份量之物She may be theyoungestmemberof theteam, but she's no makeweight.她可能是队里最年轻的成员，但决不是凑数的人。 Also, extra, and in addition
Examplesofmakeweightmakeweight The opera excerpts from the 1960s are little more than makeweights by comparison, but since all of the discs are at budget price it is worth a sample. From theCambridge English Corpus What is more, a price was paid as a kind ofmakeweightfor accepting the boundary as a permanency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that the suggestion was put as a piece ofmakeweightadvice and should be immediately discarded. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a finemakeweightin conversation and some great men deceive themselves so egregiously as to think they mean something by it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I was only a lunch-timemakeweightbefore they went off to have a sleep before going to a 5 o'clock and then an 8.30 performance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The deregulatory measures are a curious assortment of makeweights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that the use of the management consultants is not merely a sop, ormakeweight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In addition, of course, there is the possiblemakeweightof these sterling balances, in the pursuit of which both countries have been most persistent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a finemakeweightin conversation, and some great men deceive themselves so egregiously as to think they mean something by it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Then there is the suggestion that this is only a littlemakeweight, a little matter of bargaining. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are not even makeshift; they are justmakeweight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps he would tell us, therefore, why his party, over the period of its recent office, introduced 30 separate schemes, which he now describes asmakeweight? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He will not advertise it extensively; he will not print it in large quantities, and he will probably only use it as amakeweightin his catalogue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This complaint of lack of clarity is made the occasion of amakeweightin so many arguments by people who have never attempted to make clear provisions themselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It always ended up being amakeweight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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