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单词 weighty
释义
weighty
adjective
uk
/ˈweɪ.ti/us
/ˈweɪ.t̬i/

weightyadjective(HEAVY)

heavy:
重的，沉重的
I don'twanttocarrythisbagaround allafternoon- it'sprettyweighty.我不想整个下午到哪儿都带着这个包——它相当沉。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Thick, dense and heavy
  • cakey
  • claggy
  • clumsy
  • clunky
  • cumbersome
  • density
  • heavily
  • heavy
  • ponderous
  • ponderously
  • sludgy
  • super-heavy
  • super-thick
  • thick
  • thickness
  • ultra-heavy
  • unwieldy
  • weigh
  • weigh a tonidiom
  • wiry
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weightyadjective(SERIOUS)

A weightysubject,book, orpieceofworkisimportantorserious:
重要的，重大的；严重的
weightymatters/issues举足轻重的事件／问题
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Very important or urgent
  • all-important
  • at all cost(s)idiom
  • be a matter of life and/or deathidiom
  • chief
  • clutch
  • co-principal
  • life-and-death
  • life-changing
  • mainly
  • major league
  • make the world go around/roundidiom
  • meaningful
  • pressing
  • prized
  • prominent
  • radical
  • revalorization
  • revalorize
  • sacred
  • subtle
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(Definition ofweightyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

weighty| American Dictionary

weighty
adjective
us
/ˈweɪ·t̬i/
importantandserious:
Theydiscussedweightytopicslikearmscontrol, theMiddleEast, and thefederalbudgetdeficit.
(Definition ofweightyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofweighty

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The plot gets itself tangled up in multiple villain strands, but in the main, this installment is emotionally weightier and more satisfying than its predecessor.
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His reward was no more than a weightier crop that autumn.
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They obeyed the minutiae of the law such as titheing spices but not the weightier matters of the law.
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Taken from the language of riders, it means putting moreweightyeffort into the matter than is necessary.
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They are not only aesthetically pleasing (as in the fractal image), but alsoweightyin meaning.
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Yes, horrific threats requireweightyinterventions, including even the involuntary detainment of law-abiding citizens thought to be possible disease vectors.
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Also, as noted previously, experience making theseweightydecisions allows adolescents to exercise and develop decisionmaking skills.
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Such considerations, it is claimed, are of significant practical weight-soweighty, in fact, that they generate obligations to conform.
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In particular, though the decision-theoretic objection to the doxastic venture model is aweightyone, there are good prospects for an adequate reply to it.
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The specialist reports on the ®nds are nonethelessweighty(pp. 44 + 178) and air much new research.
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Supermajority rules are often used in binary decisions where a positive decision is weightier than a negative one.
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An item with a high token frequency may be argued to be moreweightythan one which is of a low token frequency.
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The densest of strettos was supposed to be saved till the end of the composition, where it would provide aweightyclimax.
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The inclusion ofweightyencomiums on the cover of a book can easily be offputting.
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She complains that his work lacks "sound, accurate,weightythought" as well as "genuine poetic inspiration" (238).
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