V-T If one thing outweighs another, the first thing is of greater importance, benefit, or significance than the second thing. (在重要性或意义上) 超过 [正式]
The advantages of this deal largely outweigh the disadvantages.
这笔交易的利远大于弊。
V-T If you outweigh someone, you are heavier than them. 比 (某人) 重
Young outweighed her opponent by about 60 pounds.
杨比她的对手重约60磅。
Young outweighed her opponent by about 60 pounds.
杨比她的对手重约60磅。
The advantages of the scheme far outweighed the disadvantages.
这个计划的优点远远超过了缺点。
Hunger also outweighed the mice's social needs, the researchers found.
研究人员发现,饥饿还超过了老鼠的社交需求。
They found that in many cases, the risk of developing cancer from the radiation outweighed the risk of a serious brain injury.
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Modest container theories, that is, say there's a value to being alive, but it can in principle be outweighed.
保守的有价值容器理论认为,活着有一定的价值,但是按道理它可以被超越。
Whatever danger a particular text may pose to the state is outweighed by the greater harm of the official elimination of that text or by the greater harm of the punishment of the author.
这个文章对政府产生的威胁远远比不上,官方对这篇文章的打压的危害,和作者的批判的危害。
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