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

• As the ice thickens during the winter, the blocks can weigh up to twice that.
  随着冰在严冬里逐渐变厚，冰块可以变成原来的两倍大。
• 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。
• He can weigh up anyone in the first few minutes and he is hardly ever deceived in a man.
  他能够在开头几分钟内就可以掂量出一个人的好坏，而且几乎从未把人看错过。
• 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 data also comes as policy makers weigh up regulatory changes to bank pay.
  上述数据发布之际，政策制定者正在思考对银行业薪酬实施监管改革。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Shareholders have to weigh up the conflicting risks, and these are usually reflected in share prices during the offer period.
  股东们必须权衡彼此冲突的风险，而这些风险通常会在竞购期间的股价上得到反映。