heft
英
美
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
verb
双语例句
- Always liked me a sidearm with some heft.
我一直喜欢腰间佩戴点有重量的东西。 - 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。 - But as China gains international heft, its lack of global brands threatens its dream of becoming a superpower.
今年，它可能会超越日本，成为全球第二大经济体。然而，在中国获得国际影响力的同时，自主品牌的缺失却正在威胁着中国实现超级大国的梦想。 - The size and heft of current fuel cells has been a major obstacle to making them practical for use in automobiles.
目前的燃料电池的体积和重量是将它们实际运用于汽车的主要障碍。 - And as all international institutions struggle to cope with the global shift of economic heft towards Asia, this medieval structure may in fact help it modernise.
所有国际机构都在奋力应对经济影响力向亚洲转变这一全球性转变，世贸组织的中世纪结构或许在事实上帮助了它向现代化前进。 - The US overtook Britain in economic heft in the 1870s, but not until the 1920s – when the burdens of war debt and other pressures on the UK economy had mounted – did sterling give way to the dollar.
在19世纪70年代，美国经济的影响力就已经超过英国，但直到20世纪20年代，英镑才让位于美元&当时，战争债务及其它压力的重担压得英国经济喘不过起来。 - 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。 - Exporters also have more political heft.
出口国也具有更大的政治影响力。 - Coping with these challenges will require heft and broad expertise.
应对这些挑战将需要既有深度又有广度的诀窍。 - 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。