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单词 dead weight
释义
dead weight
noun[Cusually singular]
uk
/ˌded ˈweɪt/us
/ˌded ˈweɪt/
theheavinessof apersonorobjectthat cannot or does notmoveby itself:
难以搬动的重物；沉重的人（或物）
She may besmallbut, when I have tocarryherupstairsafter she'sfallenasleep, she's adeadweight(USalsoshe isdeadweight).她个子虽小，可当她睡着后我不得不把她抱上楼时才发现她重得要命。
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(Definition ofdead weightfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdead weight

dead weight
Like ballast, thedeadweightof your loss balances, restrains, holds you to measured meter.
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The past had become adeadweightthat held society back; it shackled people's minds and stifled their sense of patriotism.
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That is whydeadweightis such a problem.
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That would be enormously expensive and would carry a heavydeadweightcost.
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We should want to know if the industry is carrying moredeadweightthan is reasonable for it to do.
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I believe that to-day it is 41 million tonsdeadweight.
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This is carried out by side-scan sonar and allows for the maximum draught of ships of 480,000 tonsdeadweight.
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They are being adeadweightupon those who are trying to solve the difficult problems.
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Even in respect ofdeadweight, a lot is pure estimate.
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Our success in getting agreement for a top-up payment for steers and heifers and adeadweightoption has been greatly appreciated by the industry.
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Nobody is trying to push the balance between live anddeadweightin one direction or the other, but the arrangements will do precisely that.
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The relationship betweendeadweightand live weight is indeed important.
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About a year ago there was talk of the general purpose oil tanker or ore carrier as being of some 18,000 tonsdeadweight.
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The basis of the distribution of the levy or subsidy is to be live weight ordeadweightas the case may be.
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The present system is breaking society and all thisdeadweightof misery is continuing more and more.
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