英和和英

動詞

carry weight (三人称単数 現在形 carries weight, 現在分詞 carrying weight, 過去形および過去分詞形 carried weight)

1. To be handicapped by an extra burden, as when one rides or runs.
2. To have influence.

   Your excuses don't carry weight with me.

   • 1948 Rollo H. Myers, Erik Satie, D. Dobson, p31

     When M. Paladilhe was elected my friends said to me: 'Never mind; later on he'll vote for you, Maestro, and his support will carry a lot of weight'. I never had his vote, nor his support, nor his weight.

   • 2002 Elizabeth Moynihan, Destiny's Whisper, Writers Club Press, p376

     Manning Senior carries a lot of weight around here, he has a lot of friends; a lot of professional clout and can obviously get things done just barely within the lines of legality.

   • 2010 Gordon Ryan, American Voices: State of Rebellion, p247

     A recommendation from him carries a lot of weight around here.