单词 | to weigh up |
释义 | > as lemmasto weigh up d. to weigh up: to appraise, form an estimate of (a person). colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] > take the measure of measure?a1425 gauge1583 to sum up1631 measure1684 to touch off1766 to take (also get) the measure of1790 to get (also take, etc.) a person's number1853 reckon1853 to put up1864 size1884 to weigh up1894 to read the room1975 the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > hold an opinion [verb (transitive)] > form an opinion > of quality, character, etc. resolve1613 to sum up1631 to take (also get) the measure of1790 size1884 to weigh up1894 size1896 1894 Westm. Gaz. 15 Feb. 5/1 The Liberal delegates were fervid only when ‘weighing-up’ the House of Peers and insisting upon its disestablishment. 1897 ‘O. Rhoscomyl’ For White Rose Arno (U.K. ed.) 43 I will watch him closer for the future. I should have come up earlier now, but that I was weighing up his servant, an arrant Whig and a spy to boot. 1904 Daily Chron. 14 Jan. 7 ‘I knew too much about her,’ she said. ‘I had weighed her up.’ < as lemmas |
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