| 释义 |
weigh one's words weigh (one's) words1. To choose what one says carefully. Weigh your words when you talk to the boss—this is a situation you need to finesse.2. To think about what one else has said. I've been weighing his words all day, trying to figure out what he meant.See also: weigh, wordweigh one's wordsSpeak or write with deliberation or considerable care, as in The doctor weighed his words as he explained her illness. This term was first recorded in 1340. See also: weigh, wordweigh one's words, toTo speak or write thoughtfully and prudently. Weigh here is used in the sense of measuring the weight, or impact, of one’s words. This metaphor dates from ancient times and was already in print in the early fourteenth century. Dan Michel wrote, “[he] ne wegth his wordes ine the waye of discrecion” (Ayenbite of Inwyt, 1340). See also: weigh |