一、詞義辨析：


heavy,weighty

這兩個(gè)形容詞都可表示“重的，沉重的”之意。 heavy普通用詞，指重量或體積大大超過同類物體，常用作引申，多指精神上的重壓等。 weighty多指實(shí)際上而不是相對(duì)的沉重，引申指嚴(yán)重或重要。


二、參考例句：


A weighty subject.

重量單位。


Obesity is a weighty problem.

過度肥胖是一個(gè)重大問題。


This is a weighty editorial on education.

這是一篇關(guān)于教育的很有分量的社論。


It is weighty work, which he cannot wield by himself.

這是很有分量的工作，不是他自己能處理的。


Such weighty family obligations kept him from proposing to his sweetheart, Alma, for 8 long years.

沉重的家庭負(fù)擔(dān)使他對(duì)心上人阿爾瑪?shù)那蠡闇罅寺L的8年。


The following sentence is taken from the weighty judgement of a scholarly reviewer.

下列即取自一位博學(xué)的評(píng)論家的權(quán)威性文章。