词汇 | weighing it against |
释义 | (redirected from weighing it against)weigh against1. To compare the benefits and disadvantages of two things or options against one another in order to choose the best one. When deciding on a vacation, I always have to weigh how much I want to relax at the beach against how much I love exploring new, bustling cities. We'll weigh your proposal against the various other options open to us. 2. To have a negative effect or impact on someone's or something's reputation or evaluation. Your persistent tardiness will certainly weigh against you in your annual review. There are a number of factors weighing against the proposed legislation. weigh something against somethingto ponder something by balancing it against something. I weighed going to town against staying here and sleeping and I decided to stay here. When I weigh your suggestion against my own ideas, I realize that I must follow my own conscience. weigh against someone or somethingFig. to count against someone or something; [for some fact] to work against someone or something. I hope my many absences do not weigh against me on the final grade. This will weigh against you. weigh againstv. 1. To compare something to something else in order to make a decision: When we weighed our decision against the alternatives, it was clearly the wrong choice. 2. To affect someone or something adversely in an evaluation: My poor test scores will weigh against me. |
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