burden1
KK: [ˈbɝdṇ]
DJ: [ˈbǝːdn]
n.[C]
- 重負,重擔;負擔,沉重的責任
The old man bent with a heavy
burden on his back.
老人因背著重負而彎腰。
- (船的)裝載噸數,噸位[the S][(+of)]
vt.
- 加重壓於,加負擔於,煩擾[(+with)]
The government
burdened the nation with heavy taxes.
政府使國民負擔重稅。
- 加負荷於,使載重[(+with)]
He was
burdened with a large bundle of magazines.
他吃力地捧著一大捆雜誌。
辨析
burden2
KK: [ˈbɝdṇ]
DJ: [ˈbǝːdn]
n.[C]
- 主旨,主題[the S]
- (歌曲的)合唱疊句,副歌
- 【古】歌曲的低聲合音
n.
- a heavy load.
- a cause of hardship, worry, or grief.
▸the main responsibility for a task.
- a ship's carrying capacity.
- the main theme of a speech, book, or argument.
- archaic the refrain or chorus of a song.
v.
- load heavily.
- cause worry, hardship, or grief to.
Phrase
- burden of proof
the obligation to prove an assertion.
Derivative
Etymology
OE byrthen, of W. Gmc origin; rel. to bear1.