burden
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT If you describe a problem or a responsibility as a burden, you mean that it causes someone a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work. 負(fù)擔(dān)
The developing countries bear the burden of an enormous external debt. 發(fā)展中國家背負(fù)著巨額外債的負(fù)擔(dān)。
Her death will be an impossible burden on Paul. 她的去世會(huì)成為保羅難以承受的負(fù)擔(dān)。
2. N-COUNT A burden is a heavy load that is difficult to carry. 重負(fù)[正式]
...African women carrying burdens on their heads. …頭頂重物的非洲婦女。
3. V-T If someone burdens you with something that is likely to worry you, for example, a problem or a difficult decision, they tell you about it. 使煩惱
We decided not to burden him with the news. 我們決定不拿這個(gè)消息去煩他。
4. N a line of words recurring at the end of each verse of a ballad or similar song; chorus or refrain 疊句
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burden /?b??d?n/ (burdening,burdened,burdens)
劍橋詞典
- a heavy load that you carry
- The war had put an insupportable financial burden on the country .
- The irony of it is that the new tax system will burden those it was intended to help .
- A huge burden was lifted from my shoulders when I told my parents about my problem .
- Such a high increase will impose an undue burden on the local tax payer .
- Not until this turbulent region can shuffle off the burdens of the past will it be able to settle peacefully into the community of nations .
負(fù)荷，重負(fù)
The little donkey struggled under its heavy burden. 小毛驢馱著重物艱難前行。
something difficult or unpleasant that you have to deal with or worry about
負(fù)擔(dān)，重?fù)?dān)
the burden of responsibility 責(zé)任的重?fù)?dān)
My elderly mother worries that she's a burden to me. 我年邁的母親擔(dān)心她成為我的拖累。
Buying a house often places a large financial burden on young couples . 買房子往往會(huì)讓年輕夫婦背上沉重的經(jīng)濟(jì)負(fù)擔(dān)。
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