| 词汇 | dead-weight |
| 释义 | dead weight noun[ Cusually singular ] uk /ˌded ˈweɪt/ us /ˌded ˈweɪt/ the heaviness of a person or object that cannot or does not move by itself: 难以搬动的重物;沉重的人（或物） She may be small but, when I have to carry her upstairs after she's fallen asleep, she's a dead weight (US also she is dead weight).她个子虽小，可当她睡着后我不得不把她抱上楼时才发现她重得要命。 Measurements of weight & mass -pounder atomic mass BMI body mass index bulk density carat centigram ct G, g gm hundredweight karat kilogram lb microgram oz pound st talent wt You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Mass, area, weight & volume in general Examples of dead weightdead weight Like ballast, the deadweight of your loss balances, restrains, holds you to measured meter. The past had become a deadweight that held society back; it shackled people's minds and stifled their sense of patriotism. That is why deadweight is such a problem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That would be enormously expensive and would carry a heavy deadweight cost. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should want to know if the industry is carrying more deadweight than is reasonable for it to do. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that to-day it is 41 million tons deadweight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is carried out by side-scan sonar and allows for the maximum draught of ships of 480,000 tons deadweight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are being a deadweight upon those who are trying to solve the difficult problems. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even in respect of deadweight, a lot is pure estimate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our success in getting agreement for a top-up payment for steers and heifers and a deadweight option has been greatly appreciated by the industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nobody is trying to push the balance between live and deadweight in one direction or the other, but the arrangements will do precisely that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The relationship between deadweight and live weight is indeed important. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 About a year ago there was talk of the general purpose oil tanker or ore carrier as being of some 18,000 tons deadweight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The basis of the distribution of the levy or subsidy is to be live weight or deadweight as the case may be. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The present system is breaking society and all this deadweight of misery is continuing more and more. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of dead weight These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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