It means, when you are accelerating upwards, as the elevator picks up speed, the reading on the spring will be more and you will feel heavy.

也就是说当你向上做加速运动时,就像电梯加速的时候,弹簧的读数会增大,你会觉得自己变重了

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You can see that if a was equal to g, your downward acceleration is that of gravity, namely the cable has snapped in the elevator, Then you don't feel any weight.

你会发现如果 a 等于 g,你下降的加速度就是重力加速度,也就是电梯的绳索断了,那时你会完全失重

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