burden
burden 英 [ˈbɜ:dn] 美 [ˈbɜrdn]
n. 负担 vt. 担负
进行时:burdening 过去式:burdened 过去分词:burdened 第三人称单数:burdens 名词复数:burdens
- Getting hired as the assistant to a pastry chef seemed like a dream come true. But one week and 100 cupcakes later, it’s become a hard-to-bear burden accompanied by a permanent stomachache.
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- n. 负担
- vt. 担负
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1. The main burden of caring for old people falls on the state.
国家担负起了照料老人的大部份责任。
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2. the heavy tax burden on working people
加在劳动者头上的重税
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3. I don't want to become a burden to my children when I'm old.
我不想在年老的时候成为孩子们的累赘。
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4. I don't want to burden you with my worries.
我不想让你为我的烦恼操心。
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5. to be burdened by high taxation
不堪重税负荷
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6. She got off the bus, burdened with two heavy suitcases.
她提着两个沉重的手提箱下了公共汽车。
- burden (n.1) "a load, that which is borne or carried," Old English byrðen "a load, weight, charge, duty;" also "a child;" from Proto-Germanic *burthinjo- "that which is borne" (source also of Old Norse byrðr, Old Saxon burthinnia, German bürde, Gothic baurþei), from PIE root *bher- (1) "to carry," also "to bear children."
- burden (n.2) "leading idea, main topic," 1640s, a figurative use (on the notion of "subject often repeated") of the earlier sense "refrain or chorus of a song," 1590s, originally "bass accompaniment to music" (late 14c.), from Old French bordon (Modern French bourdon) "bumble-bee, drone," or directly from Medieval Latin burdonom "drone, drone bass" (source also of Spanish bordon, Portuguese bordão, Italian bordone), of echoic origin.
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