weighted

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++weight·ed /ˈweɪtɪd/ adjective UNFAIRgiving an advantage or disadvantage to one particular group or activity 〔对某团体或活动〕有利[不利]的 → biasedweighted against The voting system is weighted against the smaller parties. 这种选举制度对较小的党派不利。weighted in favour of somebody/something This year’s pay increase is heavily weighted in favour of the lower paid staff. 今年的加薪大幅向工资较低的员工倾斜。weighted towards The course is weighted towards language skills. 这门课程侧重于语言技能。

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weighted• It is stag-toe weighted and double-balanced.• Some experts claim that a heel-and-toe weighted club is more sympathetic to a mishit.• The weighted door slams shut and she consumes her prey in safety.• How serious, how weighted, how freighted it sounds.• We assume to start with that the weighted patterns provide a rough guide to playing the game.• In my case the burdens are weighted saddlebags that hang from my shoulder.• Its output depends on a weighted sum of its inputs.heavily weighted• This one is mild by some standards - and also less heavily weighted than many towards a verdict of guilty.• The current emphasis in the psy sector is heavily weighted toward presumption of neurological or genetic deficit.• The resultant design has leaned towards a course more heavily weighted towards interviewing skills.• The city's economy is heavily weighted towards large manufacturing enterprises, most of which were established to supply the Soviet military.• Predictably, as Table 3.4 confirms, their liabilities are overwhelmingly in foreign currency and are heavily weighted towards time deposits.• As usual, the show was heavily weighted with modern and contemporary dealers, with only five Old Master dealers participating.• An audience heavily weighted with Negro people was seated out in front.• Most of the pain has been felt on the Nasdaq Composite Index, which is heavily weighted with technology issues.

weight·ed adjectiveChineseSyllable

advantage an to Corpus disadvantage particular one giving or group

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weighted
weight‧ed /ˈweɪtəd, ˈweɪtɪd/