hefty的意思|hefty的解释-里氏词典

hefty ['hɛftɪ]

a. 重的, 肌肉发达的

hefty
heftier, heftiest

[ adj ]

(of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful

<adj.all>

a hefty athlete

a muscular boxer

powerful arms

of considerable weight and size

<adj.all>

a hefty dictionary

large in amount or extent or degree

<adj.all>

it cost a considerable amount

a goodly amount

received a hefty bonus

a respectable sum

a tidy sum of money

a sizable fortune

Hefty \Heft"y\, a.
1. Moderately heavy. [Colloq. U. S.]

2. Strong; muscular; -- of people.
[PJC]

3. Substantial; large; as, a hefty increase in annual
profits.
[PJC]

The value of customer business on Thursday reached a hefty Pounds 2.43bn. There were, however, some outstanding stock performers.
Bush's own annual salary remains frozen at $200,000. But other top officials got hefty pay raises.
But it's wise to avoid credit card cash advances, which usually carry hefty rates of interest, some near 20 percent.
Turnover was a hefty 9.9m. In spite of the dividend disappointment, retail analysts still found plenty to cheer in the results and a raft of profits upgrades followed.
But with the shares still trading at a hefty premium to estimated net assets it is hard to summon up much enthusiasm on a long term view.
Others say that for first-time violators, straight probation and community service should be the standard, along with hefty fines and expulsion from the profession _ punishments they say hurt financial executives most while replenishing federal coffers.
ZTV is strapped for cash and depends on commercials, license fees and a hefty government subsidy.
Volume was a hefty 30,817 contracts. The traded options also had one of its busiest day's in recent sessions as turnover rose to 74,821 contracts.
That's why State Farm, with its hefty surplus, must mix some fancy footwork to protect its mutual holders with its fighting stance in pursuit of new business.
Shell lagged behind, closing only 2 firmer at 527p, restrained by more hefty selling from overseas.
He found himself lumbered with nine women's sweaters retailing at a hefty Pounds 270 and was astonished to sell them all within a week.
The shortfall has led to increased prices for crude oil on world markets as well as hefty hikes for gasoline and heating oil sold on the retail level.
He said a $2 million benefit would represent "a small fraction of what their capacity is to produce." He said junking the plan could actually help ADM, which is a hefty contributor to campaigns of Agriculture Committee members _ Daschle included.
Now the prospect for strong exports to the Soviet Union could help push U.S. wheat prices to a hefty $4 a bushel this winter, some traders said.
The protesters faced a maximum penalty of 18 months and hefty fines.
The state-controlled tobacco producer, which is amid a broad restructuring, said its first-quarter pretax profit fell 20% to 3.07 billion pesetas ($28.9 million), hurt by hefty investments in several of its unprofitable subsidiaries.
Internationally, operating profit from Philip Morris's food businesses rose a hefty 31%, but operating profit from its North American food operations, which include Kraft General Foods, increased only 8.4%.
UAL and Delta Air reported hefty quarterly losses, reflecting the effects of the recession and the war.
Strauss Turnbull cut its 1992 profit forecast to Pounds 220m from Pounds 239m for the same reason. A hefty and positive analysis of the pharmaceuticals stocks from Nikko Securities helped the sector's stars to gain ground.
Some analysts speculated Bank of Tokyo eventually might sell a merged Union Bank and California First at a hefty profit to an East Coast money-center bank, once interstate banking barriers fall.
Indeed, expanding one's horizons was what the year was all about for those with hefty credit lines.
USAir's labor costs are high because the airline, anxious to insure labor peace, gave PSA and Piedmont workers hefty wage hikes after the merger.
Municipal analysts attribute the coming week's hefty issuance to several factors, including a rush by issuers to take advantage of declining interest rates before year end, as well as the necessity of funding infrastructure needs.
The combination of the most draconian spending squeeze for a decade and another hefty round of tax rises left Conservative MPs howling with delight.
Turnover was a hefty 22m shares.
Through hefty tax abatements, Detroit also has persuaded General Motors Corp. and Chrysler Corp. to invest more in their city auto plants.
The House, with its hefty Democratic majority, is expected to muster the necessary two-thirds margin in a vote that may come tomorrow.
Banks will need time - and probably a hefty dose of inflation as well - to forget the pain they caused.
This can make selling small parcels of, say, privatisation shares very expensive: a minimum charge of Pounds 40 on a deal of Pounds 1,000 works out at a hefty 4 per cent.
But if over-funding was deliberate, hefty fines are common. The contribution and benefit limits for occupational schemes are very different from those applying to personal pensions.

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