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dead·weight, dead weight /ˈdedweɪt/ noun [singular] 1. something that is very heavy and difficult to carry 沉重的东西，死沉的东西2. someone or something that prevents you from making progress or being successful 累赘，负担Examples from the Corpusdeadweight• Almost every staffroom in the land will rejoice again tomorrow at the final lifting of a deadweight on morale and hope.• He's told me what a deadweight you were to him.From Longman Business Dictionarydeadweightdead‧weight /ˈdedweɪt/ adjectiveTRANSPORT deadweight tons or tonnes are a measure of a ship’s weight when it is emptyThe maximum size vessel that can use the Panama Canal is a ship of about 65,000 deadweight tons.dead·weight nounChineseSyllable heavy carry is that to something Business Corpus very difficult and |