weighty

英['weiti:]美['weiti:]

a. 重的,有份量的,沉重的,重大的,繁重的,肥大的

副　词：weight'ily

同：	[a.] cogent, corpulent, grave, telling
反：	[a.] weightless

heavy，weighty

这两个形容词都可表示“重的，沉重的”之意。
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。

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。收藏
Their universal and uniform attachment to the cause of the Union rests on great and weighty reason
他们普遍而一致地拥护联邦的事业，而这种拥护是有充分重要理由的。收藏
It is weighty work, which he cannot wield by himself.
这是很有分量的工作，不是他自己能处理的。收藏
Fame is like a river, that bears up things light and hollow, and drowns things weighty and solid
名誉的确好象一条河，能载轻浮中空之物而淹没沉重坚实之物。收藏
Such weighty family obligations kept him from proposing to his sweetheart, Alma, for 8 long years.
沉重的家庭负担使他对心上人阿尔玛的求婚滞后了漫长的8年。收藏

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having relatively great weight; heavy
- a weighty load
- a weighty package
[反] weightless
powerfully persuasive
- a cogent argument
- a telling presentation
- a weighty argument
[同] cogent, telling, weighty

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