weighty

单词辨析:

heavy ponderous weighty 【导航词义:重的】
heavy adj. 重的,沉的
〔辨析〕

普通用词,主要用于形容人或物的重量。

〔例证〕

The child is heavy for his age.

就其年龄而言,这个小孩(体重)算是重的。

How heavy is this box?

这个箱子有多重?

ponderous adj. 笨重的
〔辨析〕

指庞大而沉重的。

〔例证〕

This machine is too ponderous to move.

这台机器太重了,没法挪动。

The elephant lowered its ponderous body into the river.

大象把它那笨重的身躯浸入河中。

weighty adj. [文]重的
〔辨析〕

形容重量比预想的沉,尤指书沉甸甸的。

〔例证〕

He lifted a weighty volume from the shelf.

他从书架上取下一本厚重的书。

Your baggage must be very weighty.

你的行李一定很沉。

相关例句:

After another weighty caesura the senator resumed speaking.

在又一次很重要的停顿之后,这个议员接着讲话。

Weighty arguments, decisions, matters.

重要的论据、决定、事情。

Other weighty issues include mortality, the secret of happiness and even whether blondes have more fun.

其他难回答的问题还涉及到道德以及幸福的秘诀,甚至还有金发女郎真的更快乐吗?这样的问题。

This, of course, is a weighty proviso, one many theorists would not concede without a fight.

这当然是有条件的,没有理论家会没有战斗就后退。

Successful leaders have in common the ability to make weighty decisions based on limited amounts of information.

成功的导人有一个共同点,他们都有根据有限讯息作出重要决定的能力。

Washington, or at least the White House, found Averell's testimony weighty.

华盛顿,或者说至少是白宫,看出了艾夫里尔证词的分量。