Can you weigh in on stories for tomorrow? 你能帮我挑一下明天的报道吗?/能就明天报道的话题表个态吗?
weigh in(on /with XX )对XX发表意见;发表有分量的意见;发挥作用;权衡
当询问的对方是你的上级,你希望他可以对所讨论的问题提出有影响力的建议时,就可以用weigh in;意思是让对方来权衡之后发表看法。
weigh in这个表达在这里与其说是“挑选”,不如说是让对方权衡之后表态。
例句1:
We all weighed in with our suggestions.
我们都提出了有分量的建议。
例句2:
Finally the government weighed in with financial aid. 最后政府提供了财政支援。
跟weigh有关的还有很多词链,我们一起来学习一下吧!
weigh XX (up)
认真考虑;权衡;斟酌
例句:
You must weigh up the pros and cons (= consider the advantages and disadvantages of sth).
你必须权衡利弊。
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weigh against sb/sth
(对看法或结果)有影响
例句:
His past record weighs heavily against him.
他过去的记录对他很不利。
weigh XX down
使烦恼;使焦虑;使忧心忡忡
例句:
The responsibilities of the job are weighing her down.
这项工作的责任压得她喘不过气来。
weigh on sb/sth
加重…的思想负担;使焦虑不安;使担忧
例句:
The responsibilities weigh heavily on him.
他肩负重任,寝食不安。
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