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单词 outweigh
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Definition of outweigh in English:

outweigh

verb aʊtˈweɪˌaʊtˈweɪ
[with object]
  • Be heavier, greater, or more significant than.

    the advantages greatly outweigh the disadvantages
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In fact, the benefits far outweigh the risks and will lead to improved health care.
    • Remember that the safety of the many outweighs the lives of the few.
    • They feel, as I do, that the positives outweigh the negatives.
    • Would the benefits from the additional advertising outweigh what was being sacrificed in the cover price?
    • As you can see, the pros clearly outweigh the miniscule cons.
    • Ultimately, such flaws are vastly outweighed by the book's contributions.
    • In fact, coffee's pros probably outweigh its cons.
    • They see the disadvantages of doing so outweighing its advantages.
    • Eventually we realized that this first crop provided a wonderful learning opportunity, greatly outweighing the short-term cost.
    • Yet, the advantages of e-mail clearly outweigh its limitations in many cases.
    • What goes in through the eyes always outweighs what goes in through the ears.
    • However, the NIH consensus panel notes that the benefits far outweigh the risks.
    • The potential benefits from such a bold experiment in public policy greatly outweigh the risks.
    • Yes, it's annoying, but the benefits of having email certainly outweigh the annoyances associated with it.
    • But the costs of global warming could vastly outweigh the modest cost of even quite vigorous action.
    • His errors of judgment, though, heavily outweighed those elements of progress.
    • The desire for practicality clearly outweighed the desire for academic rigor.
    • Yet the damage done by his grotesquely lopsided report vastly outweighs the gravity of the offence.
    • Still, for these gallery owners at least, the positives outweigh the negatives.
    • Even so, many reputable authors agree that the benefits of having Service Pack 2 greatly outweigh the cons.
    Synonyms
    be heavier than
    be greater than, exceed, be superior to, take precedence/priority over, prevail over, have the edge on/over, preponderate over, override, tip/turn the scales/balance against, supersede, offset, cancel out, (more than) make up for, outbalance, overbalance, compensate for, redress

Rhymes

affray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea
 
 

Definition of outweigh in US English:

outweigh

verbˌoutˈwāˌaʊtˈweɪ
[with object]
  • 1Be heavier than.

    Bob outweighed him by more than twenty-five pounds
    1. 1.1 Be greater or more significant than.
      the advantages greatly outweigh the disadvantages
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Yes, it's annoying, but the benefits of having email certainly outweigh the annoyances associated with it.
      • They see the disadvantages of doing so outweighing its advantages.
      • In fact, the benefits far outweigh the risks and will lead to improved health care.
      • Remember that the safety of the many outweighs the lives of the few.
      • The potential benefits from such a bold experiment in public policy greatly outweigh the risks.
      • Yet, the advantages of e-mail clearly outweigh its limitations in many cases.
      • Ultimately, such flaws are vastly outweighed by the book's contributions.
      • His errors of judgment, though, heavily outweighed those elements of progress.
      • Would the benefits from the additional advertising outweigh what was being sacrificed in the cover price?
      • But the costs of global warming could vastly outweigh the modest cost of even quite vigorous action.
      • Even so, many reputable authors agree that the benefits of having Service Pack 2 greatly outweigh the cons.
      • As you can see, the pros clearly outweigh the miniscule cons.
      • Eventually we realized that this first crop provided a wonderful learning opportunity, greatly outweighing the short-term cost.
      • In fact, coffee's pros probably outweigh its cons.
      • However, the NIH consensus panel notes that the benefits far outweigh the risks.
      • The desire for practicality clearly outweighed the desire for academic rigor.
      • They feel, as I do, that the positives outweigh the negatives.
      • What goes in through the eyes always outweighs what goes in through the ears.
      • Still, for these gallery owners at least, the positives outweigh the negatives.
      • Yet the damage done by his grotesquely lopsided report vastly outweighs the gravity of the offence.
      Synonyms
      be heavier than
      be greater than, exceed, be superior to, take precedence over, take priority over, prevail over, have the edge on, have the edge over, preponderate over, override, tip the balance against, tip the scales against, turn the balance against, turn the scales against, supersede, offset, cancel out, make up for, more than make up for, outbalance, overbalance, compensate for, redress
 
 
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