| 单词 | burden |
| 释义 | burden (once / 129 pages) 1nv 2n 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. Burden is one of those words that doubles as a noun and a verb. Defined as something you carry or withstand with much difficulty when used as a noun, and as the act of weighing down, overloading, or oppressing when used as a verb, it’s a word with a negative charge. Now that you know what it means, you’re equipped to make sure you don’t take on unnecessary burdens (getting pressured into always carrying your neighbor’s groceries upstairs), or become one yourself! WORD FAMILYburden: burdened, burdening, burdenless, burdens, burdensome, disburden, overburden, unburden+/burdensome: burdensomely, burdensomeness/disburden: disburdened, disburdening, disburdens/overburden: overburdened, overburdening, overburdens/unburden: unburdened, unburdening, unburdens USAGE EXAMPLESBut she said allowing such communities to fall below the citywide climate targets simply shifts the burden. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) And while poverty creates burdens for all kinds of schools, when it occurs in densely concentrated neighborhoods, it’s harder to overcome, Funk said. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) When the burdens of modern life weigh people down, a huge life change is tempting. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n weight to be borne or conveyed Syn|Hypo|Hyper load, loading burthen a variant of `burden' dead loada constant load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) due to the weight of the supported structure itself live load, superloada variable load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) such as moving traffic millstoneany load that is difficult to carry overburden, overloadan excessive burden overloadan electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power weight an artifact that is heavy 2n an onerous or difficult concern the burden of responsibility Syn|Hypo|Hyper encumbrance, incumbrance, load, onus dead weight an oppressive encumbrance fardela burden (figuratively in the form of a bundle) impositionan uncalled-for burden pillsomething unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured concern, headache, vexation, worry something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness 3v weight down with a load Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper burthen, weight, weight down disburden, unburden take the burden off; remove the burden from overburden load with excessive weight plumbweight with lead saddleload or burden; encumber charge fill or load to capacity 4v impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper charge, saddle overburden burden with too much work or responsibility bear downexert a force or cause a strain upon deluge, flood out, overwhelmcharge someone with too many tasks adjurecommand solemnly command, require make someone do something 1n the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work Syn|Hyper core, effect, essence, gist import, meaning, significance, signification the message that is intended or expressed or signified 2n the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse Hyper idea, thought the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about |
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