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词汇 heavy-lifting
释义 heavy lifting
noun
uk /ˌhev.i ˈlɪft.ɪŋ/ us /ˌhev.i ˈlɪft.ɪŋ/
[ U ]
the act of picking up and carrying heavy objects: 搬抬重物,搬运重物
do the heavy liftingThe smallest fossils were carried out of the park by hand. Machines did the heavy lifting. 最小的化石都是用手从公园里搬出来的,而繁重的搬运工作则由机器来完成。
There is no reason why a job in the industry wouldn't be open to people over the age of 50, except for maybe if it included heavy lifting.
Have it delivered from your local store or order online so you can skip the heavy lifting.
Though it was Steelers back Jerome Bettis who ended the drive with a one-yard touchdown run, it was Staley who did the heavy lifting.
Reaching a final deal was relatively easy because most of the heavy lifting had already been done.

the heavy lifting


idiom informal
most of the work involved in something; the most difficult part of a task: (工作)最主要的方面;(任务)最困难的部分
do the heavy liftingWith a WYSIWYG editor, all you have to do is type your words in. Leave it to the editor to do all the heavy lifting. 使用所见即所得编辑器,您所要做的就是键入文字。把大部分工作都交给编辑器去做。
Fathers went off to factories and left the heavy lifting of child rearing to women.父亲们去工厂工作,把养育孩子最艰辛的部分都留给了妇女。
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rearguard action
set/put your mind to somethingidiom
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Examples of heavy lifting


heavy lifting
People do the heavylifting for the things that make the program function as a program.
I have a hard time seeing how this account will do the requisite moral heavylifting by itself.
These occupations require heavylifting, and/or prolonged periods of walking or standing.
The doctors reported that he had partially recovered from his accident and might do light work, but not heavylifting.
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He has done, as they would say in the trade, the heavylifting on our side.
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We had to do all sorts of things, like baking immense quantities of bread, providing heavylifting and shoring equipment.
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They involve the use of cranes and heavylifting equipment.
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They did all the heavylifting in the past.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Some heavylifting is also required to protect our key interests.
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In order to clear the rubble, you need heavylifting machinery, cranes, helicopters, bulldozers and the capacity to drive them.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
I appre-cite that there are certain technical difficulties and that the heavylifting machinery is in the north.
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The heavylifting involved in her work inevitably took its toll on her back.
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It has heavylifting and general cranage.
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I get the feeling that if it were not for the wheel shop and the heavylifting equipment, we would be talking about the complete closure of those works.
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For other operations, such as diving and heavylifting, there is a risk of damage or injuries.
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