| 单词 | to throw, put, one's weight behind |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto throw, put, one's weight behind 19. Influence or authority (of a person) due to character or ability, position, office, wealth, or the like. Frequently in phrases of weight, of (great, etc.) weight; also to throw, put, one's weight behind something, and variants. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > influence or authority gravity1534 weight1710 society > authority > power > influence > [noun] powerc1300 authorityc1405 voice1433 swaya1510 gravity1534 force1582 bias1587 interest1600 prevalence1612 prevailance1631 pondus1638 prevailancya1649 prevailency1650 influence1652 prevalency1652 weight1710 prevailingness1757 holding1770 mojo1923 clout1958 muscle1965 society > authority > power > influence > of influence [phrase] of weight1710 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 4. ⁋7 Those Persons at the Helm are so useful, and in themselves of such Weight. 1747 Frauds & Abuses Coal-Dealers (ed. 3) 5 In all popular Assemblies, it has been found necessary to place some Man of Weight and Dignity in the Chair. 1779 J. Moore View Society & Manners France (1789) I. iv. 25 Their opinions have considerable weight on the manners and opinions of people of rank. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 253 It could hardly be doubted that they were directed by some leader of great weight. 1885 Manch. Examiner 6 Nov. 5/3 Political economists of weight refused to join the Commission. 1938 ‘G. Orwell’ Homage to Catalonia v. 65 The Communist Party, with Soviet Russia behind it, had thrown its whole weight against revolution. 1951 C. P. Snow Masters xxxiii. 268 I can't do as much as I should like, but I shall throw in my weight wherever I can. 1976 Southern Evening Echo (Southampton) 11 Nov. 1/1 The floodgates opened on the fluoridation of water supplies..when the..Regional Health Authority put their weight behind the scheme. < as lemmas |
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