weigh up

英 [weɪ ʌp]

美 [weɪ ʌp]

认真考虑; 权衡; 斟酌; （尤指心生怀疑时）评估，品评，对…作出评价

柯林斯词典

• → see:weigh 3
• PHRASAL VERB （尤指心生怀疑时）评估，品评，对…作出评价
  If youweighsomeoneup, you try and find out what they are like and form an opinion of them, especially when you are suspicious of them.
  1. My recruiting sergeant weighed me up when I first walked into his office.
     当我第一次走进招募官的办公室时，他考量了我一番。

双语例句

• You have to weigh up in your mind whether to pursue the matter or not.
  你心中必须权衡一下此事是否要继续进行。
• A pineapple can weigh up to 10 kilograms.
  波罗蜜果实的重量可大于10公斤。
• One of the key aspects of the system architect's role is to weigh up conflicting requirements and decide on a solution, often by trading off one aspect against another.
  系统架构师角色关键的一方面就是衡量相互冲突的需求、决定解决方案，常常要牺牲一个方面来换取另一个方面。
• Although the ultrasonic calls are too high-pitched for the human ear to pick up, the love songs allow females to weigh up the most suitable father for their offspring.
  尽管由于这发出的声音音频过高，人耳无法听到，然而这样的“歌声”却是为雌鼠提供了寻找最适合哺育后代对象的重要参考因素。
• You have to weigh up getting out maybe 30 cents down against carrying the cost of the trade on your balance sheet with no idea what might happen next, said one banker.
  你必须权衡一下，一方面是承受3毛钱的亏损脱手，另一方面是在资产负债表上背负这笔交易的成本，不知道接下来会发生什么，一名银行家表示。
• They argue that people weigh up the health risks of smoking, the possible social and psychological benefits and the fact that it is habit-forming, before deciding whether to light up.
  他们证明，在人们决定是否点燃香烟前，就已经估量了吸烟的健康风险、可能带来的社交和心理好处以及正在形成习惯的事实。
• My recruiting sergeant weighed me up when I first walked into his office.
  当我第一次走进招募官的办公室时，他考量了我一番。
• Even as pundits continue to weigh up the renminbi, debating the 'IFS' and 'buts' and worrying about market bubbles and slowing Chinese growth, the currency is being adopted apace, driven by real business demand.
  尽管专家们仍在权衡使用人民币的利弊、争论各种“如果”和“但是”的情形、担心市场泡沫和中国经济增长放缓，但在实际商业需求的推动下，人民币正迅速被市场接纳。
• The thought is, roughly, weigh up the pleasures and pains in some appropriate way.
  只需大约衡量一下，快乐和痛苦。
• But by the end of the year, Ben Britton, 37, expects his current African lion roommates to weigh up to 40 kilograms each and no longer fit on his couch.
  但37岁的本布里顿表示，他的这三只非洲狮小室友的体重今年底可能会长到40公斤以上，到时他的沙发可就再也睡不下它们了。