heft

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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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But some nimble Chinese companies without the heft of the multinational giants are poised to ride the Olympic boom, too.
  不过一些不及这些跨国公司财大气粗但却灵活敏捷的中国公司也在积极挖掘奥运商机。
• The search company also chose not to ally itself with a local partner with the heft and the connections to provide cover from hostile bureaucrats and politicians.
  这家搜索公司还选择了不与有权有势、能在不友好的官员和政治家面前为其打掩护的当地合作伙伴结盟。
• GE, which also outlined yesterday its expansion into offshore wind power, made its initial solar foray in 2004 with hopes that its heft and manufacturing acumen could lower production costs enough to make the sun's rays another affordable source of alternative energy.
  该公司首次涉足太阳能是在2004年，希望其影响力和制造能力能够大幅降低生产成本，令太阳光成为另一种可负担得起的替代能源。该公司昨日还宣布将涉足海上风力发电领域。
• Known primarily for its e-commerce heft in China, Alibaba is redesigning its business for the mobile Internet era by stepping up investment in its own smartphone operating system.
  阿里巴巴集团在中国主要以其电商业务而闻名。通过加大对它自己的智能手机操作系统的投资力度，该公司正在为适应移动互联网时代的到来重新调整业务。
• It must also use its heft to bring other poor nations behind it.
  中国还应该运用自己的份量，率领其它穷国。
• Less welcome, however, is the financial heft that will result from its initial public offering, which will allow the company to vertically integrate through acquisitions, becoming a bigger producer in markets in which it trades.
  但不太受欢迎的一面是，该公司将从首次公开发行（ipo）中获得资金实力，从而能够通过收购进行垂直整合，成为其所在交易市场的更大的生产商。