Word · Frequency #13806
Fully loadedweighty
重的；沉甸甸的
having a lot of weight; heavy
- 1.
Having a lot of weight; heavy.
很重；沉重的。
- 2.
Important; serious; not trivial or petty.
重要的；严肃的；非琐碎或微不足道的。
- 3.
Rigorous; severe; afflictive.
严格的；严重的；令人痛苦的。
令人忧虑的；使人焦虑的；很重；沉重的。；重要的；严肃的；非琐碎或微不足道的。；严格的；严重的；令人痛苦的。；重的
In use
The company's decision to close the factory was a weighty one that affected hundreds of families.
Her responsibilities as team leader felt weighty, but she welcomed the challenge.
There was a weighty pause before he admitted the mistake.
weighty + noun
weighty 常修饰抽象名词，如 issue, matter, responsibility 等。
The committee discussed weighty issues.
委员会讨论了重大的问题。
be + weighty
系表结构表示主语具有‘重要’或‘沉重’的特性。
This decision is weighty.
这个决定很重要。
become/grow + weightier
比较级形式常用于描述程度的变化。
Connections
Collocations
- weighty matter
- 重要的事情
- The committee gathered to discuss a weighty matter.委员会聚在一起讨论一件重要的事情。
- weighty responsibility
- 重大的责任
- Raising a child is a weighty responsibility.养育孩子是一项重大的责任。
- weighty decision
- 重大的决定
- Accepting the job offer is a weighty decision.接受这份工作邀请是一个重大的决定。
- weighty tome
- 大部头著作；厚重的书
- She borrowed a weighty tome from the library.她从图书馆借了一本大部头著作。
- weighty evidence
- 重要的证据；有力的证据
- The lawyer presented weighty evidence in court.律师在法庭上出示了重要的证据。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 weigh（称重）：能称出重量的东西很沉，也喻指问题“有分量”、重要严肃。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary description、serious discussion weighty 多用于正式或文学性较强的语境。表示“重的”时带有书面色彩；表示“重大的、严肃的”时，常用于指问题、决定等，如 a weighty issue。日常口语中较少单独使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 eighty /ˈeɪti/ 押韵。mighty /ˈmaɪti/ 和 naughty /ˈnɔːti/ 拼写上都含 -ghty，但元音与 weighty /ˈweɪti/ 不同。sweaty /ˈsweti/、meaty /ˈmiːti/、treaty /ˈtriːti/ 拼写以 -eaty 结尾，看似相似，读音也不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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