| 单词 | weighty |
| 释义 | weighty (once / 1139 pages) adj Weighty things are either very heavy or extremely important and worrisome. Putting your weighty cat on a diet might be a weighty issue that nags at you. If your luggage is too weighty, you'll have to pay an extra fee at the airport. And if you've got a mind full of weighty problems, you won't be able to fall asleep on your long flight. Sometimes this adjective is also used to mean "influential," like the weighty influence your SAT scores might have on your chances of being accepted at a competitive college. WORD FAMILYweighty: weightier, weightiest, weightily, weightiness+/counterweight: counterweighted, counterweights/weight: counterweight, underweight, weighted, weightless, weights, weighty/weightless: weightlessly, weightlessness USAGE EXAMPLESIn “Vision,” he adopts a slower, more deliberate tempo and constructs a weighty, imposing structure that builds in intensity. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) One of our society’s weightiest responsibilities is the dedicated provision of health care for our veterans. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) Despite hints of weighty themes, none are explored with much depth. New York Times(Dec 25, 2016) 1adj having relatively great weight; heavy a weighty load a weighty package Ant weightless having little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull; light 2adj of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference Syn grave, grievous, heavy important, of import of great significance or value 3adj weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry weighty problems Syn heavy marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness 4adj powerfully persuasive a weighty argument Syn cogent, telling persuasive intended or having the power to induce action or belief 5adj excessively fat a weighty man Syn corpulent, obese, rotund fat having an (over)abundance of flesh |
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