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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Google and its rivals now weigh up a number of other factors about an advert and the advertiser before deciding how much prominence to give to the message.
  目前，谷歌及其竞争对手要衡量一则广告以及广告商的许多其它因素，之后再决定给这则消息排在多显著的位置上。
• 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。
• Fund managers, strategists and experts looking to the year ahead expect institutional investors to show a stronger interest in alternative asset classes as they watch the ongoing effects of the credit squeeze and weigh up the prospects for equity markets.
  展望今年，基金经理、策略师和投资专家预计，机构投资者将对另类资产类别表现出更大兴趣，目前它们正观察当前信贷紧缩的影响，并评估全球股市的前景。
• Japan would have to weigh up various factors before making a decision to break with the US on the issue, not least the finalisation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, one of the biggest trade deals in history, and a visit by Mr Abe to Washington next month.
  日本在这个问题上做出与美国分道扬镳的决定之前，将不得不权衡各种因素，包括史上最大贸易协定之一《跨太平洋伙伴关系协定》（Trans-PacificPartnership，简称TPP）的最终敲定，以及安倍下月访问华盛顿。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。