underweight

英 [ˌʌndəˈweɪt]

美 [ˌʌndərˈweɪt]

adj.  体重不足的; 未达到正常体重的

BNC.32967 / COCA.23905

牛津词典

adj.

• 体重不足的；未达到正常体重的
  weighing less than the normal or expected weight
  1. She is a few pounds underweight for (= in relation to) her height.
     就其身高而言，她的体重还差几磅。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 体重偏轻的；过瘦的
  If someone isunderweight, they are too thin, and therefore not healthy.
  1. Nearly a third of the children were severely underweight.
     近1/3的孩子体重严重偏轻。

英英释义

adj

• being very thin
  1. a child with skinny freckled legs
  2. a long scrawny neck
  Synonym:scraggyboneyscrawnyskinnyweedy

双语例句

• Maternal depression was associated with early childhood underweight and stunting.
  母亲抑郁与早期儿童体重不足和发育不良相关。
• "But there were not many underweight men in Scotland," he noted.
  “但是在苏格兰没有那么多低体重男性，”他补充道。
• Overweight and obesity are linked to more deaths worldwide than underweight.
  在全世界，与超重和肥胖相关的死亡人数大于体重不足引起的死亡。
• Agricultural growth reduces the proportion of underweight children, whereas non-agricultural growth does not.
  农业增长确实减少了体重偏轻的儿童比例，而在这一点上非农业增长无法做到。
• Some of the babies were seriously underweight.
  有些婴儿体重严重不足。
• Their son appeared underweight for his size and age.
  按体型和年龄来说，他们的儿子似乎太瘦了。
• The underweight child has begun to fill out after regular exercises.
  这个偏瘦的孩子在进行了一段有规律的锻炼后开始长壮了。
• The predicted trend ( based on the trend in previous years) and the target trend ( based on MDG1) for stunting and underweight were estimated using linear regression.
  对于发育不良和体重不足是基于前几年数据预测的趋势和MDG1的目标趋势并使用线性回归进行的估计。
• Further research is now needed to investigate whether underweight and overweight people have abnormalities in these circuits.
  现在还需进行更深入的研究以探明体重过轻与过重的人的大脑回路是否也存在异常。
• Even among underweight women 10% were trying to lose weight.
  甚至10%体重过轻的女子也在减肥。