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词汇 heavyweight
释义 heavyweight
noun
uk /ˈhev.i.weɪt/ us /ˈhev.i.weɪt/
[ C or U ]
a boxer who is in the heaviest weight group, or this division of boxing weight: (体重79.5公斤以上的)重量级拳击手
He was short for a heavyweight and had only a short reach.
heavyweight championMike Tyson was heavyweight champion of the world.迈克‧泰森曾是世界重量级拳击冠军。
heavyweight titleAli defeated Sonny Liston in 1964 for the world heavyweight title.
at heavyweightHe has held world titles at light heavyweight and, briefly, at heavyweight.
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bantamweight
cruiserweight
featherweight
flyweight
light heavyweight
lightweight
middleweight
superheavyweight
welterweight
[ C ]
a person or thing that is important or serious and that other people notice: 重量级人物;重要的事物
Her extraordinary intelligence and speaking ability made her a political heavyweight.她出众的智慧和口才使她成为政界的重量级人物。
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lightweightadjective(NOT SERIOUS)disapproving
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heavyweight | American Dictionary


heavyweight
noun[ C ]
us/ˈhev·iˌweɪt/

heavyweightnoun[C] (BOXING)


in boxing, a competitor who weighs more than 175 pounds, or 79.5 kilograms, and is in the heaviest group

heavyweightnoun[C] (IMPORTANT PERSON)


someone who has a lot of power in a particular business or activity:
a political heavyweight

heavyweight | Business English


heavyweight
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈheviweɪt/us
a very successful and powerful person or company:
In order to promote London as a world financial centre, the Prime Minister will meet with City heavyweights later this week.
a political/industry/market heavyweightMarket heavyweights will update investors in the first-quarter earnings season.
a heavyweight backer/broker
See also
lightweightnoun

Examples of heavyweight


heavyweight
My word, he was rough to our heavyweights.
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I suggested that it was the heavyweights that caused the damage.
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There is also talk of lightweights and heavyweights.
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I see it like this: today's lightweights are tomorrow's heavyweights, and vice versa.
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In certain fields, the heavyweights carry a lot of muscle.
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I use that comparison advisedly because they are both heavyweights in their fields.
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The former heavyweights are all elsewhere.
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Surely the lightweights exhibit as much if not more skill than the heavyweights, but the lightweights do not seem to attract the audience in the same way.
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Once the legal heavyweights applied their minds, it was revealed yet again that there are not manholes but yawning opencast gaps of enormous proportions in what we are discussing.
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We look forward to the other political and economic heavyweights also putting bids on the table, which has not been the case up to now for several of them.
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Light heavyweights were limited to a maximum of 81 kilograms in body mass.
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In just a little over one year, he went from being considered one of the most fearsome heavyweights of all-time to an overrated champion.
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Heavyweights are not permitted entry into the tournament.
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The throw had long been in use by lighter wrestlers but not by heavyweights since the technique required immense strength.
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However, even heavyweights are seen as low quality live stock and do not receive access to information, quality food, health care or freedom of movement.
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Collocations withheavyweight


heavyweight

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heavyweight boxer
The particular case of the heavyweightboxer was interesting.
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heavyweight champion
He was a former heavyweightchampion of the world.
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heavyweight championship
Again on the way up the ladder, in the year 1918, before he won the heavyweightchampionship of the world, he had 22 fights.
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