weighty
英 [ˈweɪti] 美 [ˈweti]

adj.

重大的，重要的，严重的；

英英释义

weighty[ 'weiti: ]

• adj.
  • having relatively great weight; heavy

    "a weighty load"; "a weighty package"

  • powerfully persuasive

    "a weighty argument"

    同义词：cogenttelling

  • of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought

    "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference"

    同义词：gravegrievousheavy

  • weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry

    "weighty problems"

  • excessively fat

    "a weighty man"

    同义词：corpulentobeserotund

同近义词辨析

weighty, heavy

这组词都有“重的，沉重的”的意思，其区别是：

weighty多指实际上而不是相对的沉重，引申指严重或重要。

heavy普通用词，指重量或体积大大超过同类物体，常用作引申，多指精神上的重压等。

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. Let us turn to less weighty matters.
   让我们换个话题谈谈不那么严重的事情吧。
2. Mr.White is a weighty merchant of Boston.
   怀特先生是一个有影响力的波士顿商人。
3. Your baggage must be very weighty.
   我猜想您的行李一定是非常沉的。
4. Lucy seemed to have something weighty on her mind.
   露西好像心事重重。
5. The following sentence is taken from the weighty judgment of a scholarly reviewer.
   下句即取自一位博学的评论家的权威性文章。

权威例句

Weighty object mounting systems
Weighty object mounting systems
Tackling a weighty problem.
Steel cars face a weighty decision
A weighty interpretation of the Galactic Centre excess
Best portrait yet of our weighty world
Weighty concerns: the growing prevalence of obesity among older adults
Obesity gene discovery may help solve weighty problem
The somatic comorbidity of epilepsy: a weighty but often unrecognized burden.
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma: a weighty connection.