weighted

重り付きの

重くしたり固定したりするため、重い物が加えられている。

やさしい英語で： Having extra heavy material added to make something heavier or keep it in place.

• She sleeps under a weighted blanket.
• The lamp has a weighted base for stability.
• He wore a weighted vest during training.

反対語： unweighted

よく使う表現： weighted blanket, weighted vest, weighted base

偏った、不公平な

特定の人や集団が不当に有利になるように仕組まれている。

やさしい英語で： Arranged so that one person or group has an unfair advantage.

• The rules are weighted against beginners.
• The system is heavily weighted towards wealthy applicants.
• They complained that the competition was weighted in his favour.

使い方： weighted against someone/something (The selection process is weighted against smaller firms.); weighted towards someone/something (The rules are weighted towards experienced players.); weighted in someone’s favour (The system is weighted in the owner’s favour.)

類義語： biased, one-sided

反対語： fair, impartial

よく使う表現： weighted against someone, weighted towards someone, heavily weighted

重み付きの

数学のグラフで、点どうしのつながりに数値が付けられている。

やさしい英語で： Having numbers assigned to the connections between points in a mathematical diagram.

• The program builds a weighted graph.
• Each connection in the weighted network represents a travel cost.
• We used a weighted graph to find the cheapest route.

反対語： unweighted

よく使う表現： weighted graph, weighted network

比重の大きい

ある種類のものが、ほかの種類よりずっと多く含まれている。

やさしい英語で： Containing much more of one type of thing than of other types.

• The portfolio is weighted towards technology stocks.
• Her investments are heavily weighted with government bonds.
• The reading list is weighted towards modern novels.

使い方： weighted towards something (The fund is weighted towards energy companies.); weighted with something (The portfolio is heavily weighted with foreign shares.)

よく使う表現： weighted towards something, weighted with something, heavily weighted