weighty

英[ˈweɪti]美[ˈweti]

adj.重大的，重要的，严重的；

比较级：weightier;

*高级：weightiest;

副词：weightily;

名词：weightiness;

例句

This was a subject most of the people thought weighty.这是一个大多数人认为严肃的题目。

Weighty evidence can be opposed to the admission of great and abrupt modifications.能够提出有力的证据反对承认巨大而突然的变化.

Surely such weighty matters merit a higher level of debate?这样重大的事件谅必应进行更高级别的讨论吧？

Lucy seemed to have something weighty on her mind.露西好像心事重重.

He considered his consent too weighty to be given in a hurry.他认为自己的意见举足轻重、不能遽尔表示出来.

Simon lifted a weighty volume from the shelf.西蒙从书架上取下一本厚重的书。

A friendly critic might have called his heaviness weighty.善意的评论者甚至能把他的笨重举止说成是稳重沉着.

同义词

adj.

weighty的同义词之：重的;有力的

heavyhefty

weighty的同义词之：重要的

importantseriouseffectiveinfluentialpowerful

weighty的同义词之：难忍受的

onerousburdensomeoppressive

weighty的同义词之：其他释义

painfulheftyoppressiveconsequentialsignificantheavyinfluentialforcefulclassicimportantmonumentalclassicalburdensomesignalpowerfulonerousseriousfatedeffectiveponderous

同义词解析

以下这两个形容词都可表示"重的，沉重的" 的意思

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。

weighty：多指实际上而不是相对的沉重，引申指严重或重要。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

ADJ-GRADED

重要的;事关重大的

If you describe something such as an issue or a decision as weighty, you mean that it is serious or important.

例句

Surely such weighty matters merit a higher level of debate?这样重大的事件谅必应进行更高级别的讨论吧？

ADJ-GRADED

(尤指书)重的，沉甸甸的

You use weighty to describe something, especially a book, that is heavy or heavier than you would expect.

例句

Simon lifted a weighty volume from the shelf.西蒙从书架上取下一本厚重的书。

英汉词典释义

adj.

重大的;重要的;严重的

This was a subject most of the people thought weighty.这是一个大多数人认为严肃的题目。

英英词典释义

Adjective

1. having relatively great weight; heavy;

"a weighty load""a weighty package"

2. of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought;

"grave responsibilities""faced a grave decision in a time of crisis""a grievous fault""heavy matters of state""the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference"

3. weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry;

"weighty problems"

4. excessively fat;

"a weighty man"

5. powerfully persuasive;

"a cogent argument""a telling presentation""a weighty argument"