heavily
adverb uk/ˈhev.əl.i/ us/ˈhev.əl.i/
(TO A GREAT DEGREE)
B1 在很大程度上;大量地
to a great degree
The terrorists are heavily armed. 恐怖分子全副武装。
The compound is heavily guarded. 大院里戒备森严。
She's heavily involved in the project. 她深度介入了该项工程。
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- Estimates of the amount of money needed to decontaminate the heavily polluted chemical installations vary.
- The country depends heavily on foreign aid.
- It had snowed heavily during the night and in the morning the garden was a white fairyland.
- The forest has been so heavily logged that it is in danger of disappearing.
- When I saw him after the accident he was still in shock and was heavily sedated.
(WEIGHT)
重重地，沉重地
with force, or in a way that needs a lot of effort to move or lift
a heavily loaded truck 重载卡车
She fell heavily on her back. 她重重地仰面摔下。
a heavily pregnant woman 临产的孕妇
(DIFFICULT)
严重地；剧烈地；难以忍受地
in a way that is difficult to accept or deal with
The news she had received weighed heavily on her (= worried her). 她得到的消息使她担心不已。
(SOLID)
结实地，健壮地
in a strong, thick, or solid way
He's a heavily built (= large and strong) man. 他是个身强体壮的大汉。
Idiom
be heavily into somethingidiom informal 对…非常着迷
to be very interested in and involved with something
When I was younger I was heavily into politics. 我年轻的时候对政治十分着迷。