outweigh

Word family (noun) weight weights weighting (adjective) overweight ≠ underweight weighted weighty weightless (verb) weigh outweigh weight

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishoutweighout‧weigh /aʊtˈweɪ/ verb [transitive] IMPORTANTto be more important or valuable than something else The benefits of the scheme outweigh the disadvantages.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusoutweigh• The likely dangers of traditional internationalism are starting to outweigh any plausible benefits.• For frequent long-distance callers, the difficulties may be outweighed by the savings.• Nevertheless, he says, the legend outweighs mere facts.• It was sufficient to outweigh Mr Field's 165 to 113 second-round victory in the individual members' section.• The benefits of gaining insight, though, far outweigh the discomfort in getting there.• In the first study in 1993, negative depictions outweighed the positive 2-to-1.• Benefits of the surgery far outweigh the risk.

单词	outweigh
释义	outweigh Word family (noun) weight weights weighting (adjective) overweight ≠ underweight weighted weighty weightless (verb) weigh outweigh weight From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishoutweighout‧weigh /aʊtˈweɪ/ ●○○ verb [transitive] IMPORTANTto be more important or valuable than something else The benefits of the scheme outweigh the disadvantages.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusoutweigh• The likely dangers of traditional internationalism are starting to outweigh any plausible benefits.• For frequent long-distance callers, the difficulties may be outweighed by the savings.• Nevertheless, he says, the legend outweighs mere facts.• It was sufficient to outweigh Mr Field's 165 to 113 second-round victory in the individual members' section.• The benefits of gaining insight, though, far outweigh the discomfort in getting there.• In the first study in 1993, negative depictions outweighed the positive 2-to-1.• Benefits of the surgery far outweigh the risk.
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