lightweight
lightweight 英 [ˈlaɪtweɪt] 美 [ˈlaɪtˌwet]
n. 轻量级选手；无足轻重的人 adj. 轻量的，轻量级的
名词复数:lightweights
- When an object is lightweight, it weighs much less than other similar objects. A person is a lightweight if they can't handle much — if you get full after a small meal, big eaters might refer to you as a lightweight.
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- n. 轻量级选手；无足轻重的人
- adj. 轻量的，轻量级的
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1. a lightweight jacket
轻便的短上衣
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2. a lightweight champion
轻量级拳击冠军
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3. He was considered too lightweight for the job.
有人认为他资历太浅，不适合做这工作。
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4. a political lightweight
政治上的无名之辈
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5. He's an intellectual lightweight .
他是个智力平庸的人。
- lightweight (adj.) also light-weight, 1809, from the noun (1773 in horse-racing, also in pugilism), "man or animal of a certain weight prescribed by rule," from light (adj.1) + weight (n.). Figurative sense of "inconsequential" first attested 1809. The noun sense of "person of little importance or accomplishment" is from 1885.
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