weigh against 不利于…… 1)他的前科对他很不利。 His criminal record weighed heavily against him. Evidence weighed heavily against him. weigh in favor of 2)If you weigh against sth, you consider carefully the relative value or importance of sth. 也有权衡、斟酌的意思 weigh A against B 你要做的就是权衡利益与风险。 You just have to weigh the benefits against the risks. weigh sb down make sb feel anxious or depressed 使某人感到忧虑或沮丧。 The responsibilities of the job are weighing her down. 她工作责任很重，把她压得无精打采。
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• Two factors weigh heavily against the effectiveness of scientific research in industry. • 有两个因素严重地妨碍工业中科学研究的 效率：
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• engage in • ①If you engage in an activity, you do it or are actively involved with it.从事参与。 • engage in conversation • 和某人谈话（尤指因不想对方注意正在发生的事） • I have no time to engage in gossip. • 我无暇闲聊。 • ②be engaged (to sb)， • 与某人订婚。 • She's engaged to Peter. • 她与彼得订了婚。 • engaging • adj. 可爱的，迷人的 • His engaging personality made him popular with his peers.
• One is the general atmosphere of secrecy in which it is carried out, the other the lack of freedom of the individual research worker. • 一是科研工作中普遍存在的保密气氛;二是 研究人员缺乏个人自由。 • secrecy +in which定语从句 • carry out • 贯彻，执行
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In so far as any inquiry is a secret one, it naturally limits all those engaged in carrying it out from effective contact with their fellow scientists either in other countries or in universities,or even, often enough, in other departments of the same firm. 任何一项研究都涉及到保密，那些从事科研的人员自然受到了限制。他们不 能和其他国家、其他大学、甚至往往不能与本公司的其他部门的同行们进行 有效的接触。 in so far as 原意为就……而言，表示范围，程度。 可翻译为因为（=since） In so far as this matter concerns all of us, we should take a united stand. Their protest was successful, in so far as the local government agreed to reconsider the matter. inquiry n. 调查研究 inquiry into sth调查，查究，查问 他们答应对这次飞机失事进行彻底的调查。 They've promised a thorough inquiry into the plane crash. inquiry about 有关 ... 的调查 I made a detailed inquiry about the facts. 我追问事实真相。 v. inquire 打听，询问 We must inquire into the matter.
• lack of. • ①If there is a lack of something, there is not enough of it or it does not exist at all. • 缺乏 • Despite his lack of experience, he got the job. • 尽管他缺乏经验，他还是得到了那份工作。 • 工程因资金匮乏只得放弃。 • The project had to be abandoned for lack of funds. • be lacking in........... • Since she is young , she is lacking in experience • 由于年轻，她缺乏经验。 • ②lack也可以单独作动词使用。 • They lacked the money to send him to university. • 他们没钱送他上大学。
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secrecy n. [U]秘密 To be frank without secrecy. in secrecy 在秘密中 secret n. 机密，秘密；adj. 秘密的 keep secrets 保密 keep sth. secret 泄密 reveal/tell the secret let the secret out Let the cat out of the bag. 保密： Play cards close to one's chest. hold one's tongue button up one's lip This is only between ourselves. This can never go out of this room. confidential adj. clandestine adj.