weigh sb / sth ↔ up 1. to consider something carefully so that you can make a decision about it仔细考虑，权衡:•We're still weighing up the pros and cons (=the advantages and disadvantages) of the two options.我们仍在对两个选择权衡利弊。2. to watch someone and listen to them carefully so that you can form an opinion about what they are like〔通过观察〕评估〔某人〕:•I could see that he was weighing me up.我看得出他是在掂量我。 |