hefty是什么意思,hefty怎么用

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hefty

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📰 外刊例句

Even flats with less hefty price tags have been hard to shift lately. 即便是价格不那么高昂的公寓近来也难以出手。

—— 《经济学人》

—— 《纽约时报》


📖 基本释义

[adjective] large and heavy
[形容词] 又大又重的


💡 深入解读

The usher's brothers were both hefty men in their forties.Hefty 一词由名词 heft (重量)+形容词后缀 -y 构成,1866年起开始在英语里用来形容人或物体“大而重的”,强调一眼就可以看出或者用手握住便可以感觉到的,比如:那个迎宾员的两个兄弟都是四十多岁,身高体壮。

The hefty woman pulled on her helmet and straddled the motorbike, then drove along at full throttle.那个身材高大的女人戴上头盔,跨坐在摩托车上,然后全速驾车行驶。

He gave the door a hefty kick and pushed a wedge under the door to keep it open.一般来说,高大健硕的人因为力量大的缘故,手脚也会比较重,所以 hefty 也可以用来形容“有力的、猛烈的”,比如:他猛踢了一下门,并在门底下塞一个楔子让门敞开着。

The moribund company divested itself of some of its assets and made a hefty profit.不过从上面两个外刊例句不难看出, hefty 除了用于形容尺寸和力量以外,还常常用来形容价格、数额等,表示“很大的、超出一般的、相当可观的”,强调令人印象深刻,比如:该行将倒闭的公司处理掉了它的部分资产,得到了一笔可观的利润。

Her wage will go up by a hefty 13 percent.她的工资将猛增13%。


📚 名著用例


🔍 同近义词辨析

burly: (of a person) large and strong; heavily built
sturdy: (of a person or their body) strongly and solidly built
husky: (of a person) big and strong

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