英语词汇“weigh someone down”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

weigh someone down

1Be heavy and cumbersome to someone: my waders and fishing gear weighed me down...

My arms felt like heavy clubs, weighing me down.
Despite the heavy clothing that was weighing me down, I felt light, as though a stone had been lifted off my heart.
My clothes and pack had already become heavy and were weighing me down.

Synonyms

burden, weight, saddle, charge;

overload, overburden, overwhelm, encumber, hamper, handicap, tax, strain

literary trammel

1.1Be oppressive or burdensome to someone: she was weighed down by the responsibility of looking after her sisters...

I just remained out of his sight, with the burden of worry weighing me down.
Looking at Dorrie alone in her sitting-room, you wonder how someone so slender and gentle has carried the burdens life has weighed her down with.
For a while, the long, continuous burdens of your life weigh you down so much you can't see a future.

Synonyms

oppress, depress, lie heavy on, weigh on, press down on, burden, be a burden on/to, cast down, hang over, gnaw at, prey on, prey on someone's mind;

trouble, worry, beset, bother, disturb, upset, get someone down, distress, grieve, haunt, nag, torment, afflict, perturb;

plague, obsess, take over, take control of

See parent entry: weigh

单词	weigh someone down
释义	weigh someone down 1Be heavy and cumbersome to someone: my waders and fishing gear weighed me down... My arms felt like heavy clubs, weighing me down. Despite the heavy clothing that was weighing me down, I felt light, as though a stone had been lifted off my heart. My clothes and pack had already become heavy and were weighing me down. Synonyms burden, weight, saddle, charge; overload, overburden, overwhelm, encumber, hamper, handicap, tax, strain literary trammel 1.1Be oppressive or burdensome to someone: she was weighed down by the responsibility of looking after her sisters... I just remained out of his sight, with the burden of worry weighing me down. Looking at Dorrie alone in her sitting-room, you wonder how someone so slender and gentle has carried the burdens life has weighed her down with. For a while, the long, continuous burdens of your life weigh you down so much you can't see a future. Synonyms oppress, depress, lie heavy on, weigh on, press down on, burden, be a burden on/to, cast down, hang over, gnaw at, prey on, prey on someone's mind; trouble, worry, beset, bother, disturb, upset, get someone down, distress, grieve, haunt, nag, torment, afflict, perturb; plague, obsess, take over, take control of See parent entry: weigh
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