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

• But before laughing and jeering too much, one ought to weigh up the issues raised by this statement.
  但是在大肆嘲笑之前，人们应该先衡量一下这份声明所提出的问题。
• 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。
• Weigh up the sugar in Jin packages.
  把糖拆开分包称量，每包一斤。
• Women were a little more complicated and likely to weigh up the pros and cons before settling on their choice.
  而女性则会想得多一些，她们在做决定前可能就要把利弊权衡一番。
• 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。
• A pineapple can weigh up to 10 kilograms.
  波罗蜜果实的重量可大于10公斤。
• 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。
• 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。
• In making his decision, he has not only to consider the economic aspect, but also weigh up all the constructional advantages and disadvantages of both tunneling and the alternative method of either passing around or over the obstruction.
  决策时，不仅要考虑经济因素，还要权衡开凿隧道的利弊得失，研究绕道或者跨越障碍物的可能。
• I recently spoke to Smee and to Edwin latter, director of the link cash machine network, to weigh up the risks.
  我最近与斯米和link提款机网络的董事埃德温拉特（edwinlatter）有过交流，请他们考虑这种风险。