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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But not many of them weigh up the most extreme scenarios: how would the world fare if either the flow of migrants were to slow down radically or, conversely, there were no legal limits on migration at all?
  但许多人未去衡量最为极端的情景：如果移民流动彻底放缓，或飞速攀升，对移民的法律限制不复存在，那么世界移民的进展状况又将会如何？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They weigh up to forty-five tons and originated 32 kilometers from the site.
  最重的可达四十五公吨，并且来自距离现址三十二公里外的地方。
• 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。
• 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。