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

• The euro returned to its well-trodden downward path yesterday but equity, commodity and credit markets rallied from early lows as investors continued to weigh up the implications of emergency measures aimed at stabilising the eurozone announced on Monday.
  欧元昨日再度进入近期常见的下行通道，但股票、大宗商品和信贷市场从早盘的低点反弹。投资者继续掂量周一公布、旨在稳定欧元区的紧急措施的影响。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• French voters get an early chance to weigh up their decision in parliamentary elections next month.
  法国选民获得一个更早的机会来掂量自己将在下个月议会选举中的决定。
• 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。