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

• UBS is gearing up to use its balance sheet heft to back its new co-head of investment banking as the Swiss group steps up efforts to revive its status in the market.
  瑞银（UBS）准备利用其庞大的资产负债表规模来支持其新任投行部门联席主管。该行正加大努力恢复其在市场中的地位。
• But market forces, more than regulatory pressures, are stacking up against the company, as it struggles to maintain its earnings power and geopolitical heft.
  但比监管压力更严重的，是对该公司不利的市场力量正在日益累积，而且俄气现在很难维持自己的盈利能力和地缘政治影响力。
• Always liked me a sidearm with some heft.
  我一直喜欢腰间佩戴点有重量的东西。
• 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。
• And although Google is doing a pretty good job aggregating meanings, I would prefer some human experts to give authority and heft to a new database of meaning.
  尽管谷歌在聚合释义方面做得不错，但我更希望能有一些专家学者给新的释义数据库提供权威、有份量的内容。
• However, the French group no longer needs the heft that such an acquisition would provide.
  不过，这家法国企业不再需要这样一项收购所带来的影响了。
• 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。
• The size and heft of current fuel cells has been a major obstacle to making them practical for use in automobiles.
  目前的燃料电池的体积和重量是将它们实际运用于汽车的主要障碍。
• 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。
• 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。