heft

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美

v.  举，举起试测……的重量，重达
n.  重（量）；重要（性）；势力; 大半；大部分; 爱尔兰地方性绵羊慢性消瘦病

过去式：hefted　现在分词：hefting　过去分词：hefted　第三人称单数：hefts　

BNC.36581 / COCA.16811

英英释义

noun

• the property of being large in mass
  Synonym:heftinessmassivenessponderousnessponderosity

verb

• lift or elevate
  Synonym:heaveheave upheft up
• test the weight of something by lifting it

双语例句

• Surely, it takes much more restraint and far more faith in one's readers to place the full heft of a book in the bumbling hands of an unreliable first person.
  不过要把叙述整部作品的重任都放到不可靠的第一人称叙事者那摇晃的肩膀上去，也的确需要作家的自我克制，和对读者的信任。
• He or she will need heft to lead reform and to persuade the public to place its trust in a cleaned-up Commons.
  这位他或者她要有能力领导改革，也要能劝服公众信任净化后的下议院。
• And as all international institutions struggle to cope with the global shift of economic heft towards Asia, this medieval structure may in fact help it modernise.
  所有国际机构都在奋力应对经济影响力向亚洲转变这一全球性转变，世贸组织的中世纪结构或许在事实上帮助了它向现代化前进。
• Always liked me a sidearm with some heft.
  我一直喜欢腰间佩戴点有重量的东西。
• But as China gains international heft, its lack of global brands threatens its dream of becoming a superpower.
  今年，它可能会超越日本，成为全球第二大经济体。然而，在中国获得国际影响力的同时，自主品牌的缺失却正在威胁着中国实现超级大国的梦想。
• Quite literally, over time, our brains lose their heft.
  很坦白地讲，长期下来，我们的大脑的重量会减轻。
• Part of what contributes to the Yamaha's heft is a steel chassis.
  部分内容有助于雅马哈的试验是一个钢铁底盘。
• Coping with these challenges will require heft and broad expertise.
  应对这些挑战将需要既有深度又有广度的诀窍。
• But some nimble Chinese companies without the heft of the multinational giants are poised to ride the Olympic boom, too.
  不过一些不及这些跨国公司财大气粗但却灵活敏捷的中国公司也在积极挖掘奥运商机。
• If the problem of a rising China is that it will have a lot of bargaining power by virtue of its economic size and dominance, then a multilateral process will add more negotiating heft on the other side of the negotiation.
  中国拥有很大的经济规模、具有经济上的主导地位，因而在谈判中有更强的议价能力如果这就是中国崛起的问题所在，那么多边程序就能让谈判的另一方拥有更大的影响力。