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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- burden
['bəːdn]
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1.
noun
[c]
(responsibility，worry) 负担
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2.
noun
[frm]
(load) 负荷
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3.
vt.
[+problem]
[ news]
to burden sb with 使某人负担某事
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to be a burden on sb
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成为某人的累赘
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- burden
[ˈbɜːrdən]
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1.
n.[c]
负担，累赘
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I don't plan on being a burden to society.
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我没打算成为社会的负担。
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2.
n.[c]
装载量，负荷
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Sadly many people with modest earnings do have a heavy burden of personal debt.
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很不幸的是，许多具有中等收入的人确实负债累累。
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3.
n.[c]
主旨，主题
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The burden of his speech was that divorce should be illegal.
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他的演讲的主旨是，离婚应当被认为是非法的。
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4.
n.[u]
载重量，吨位
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5.
n.[c]
责任，职责
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6.
vt.
使负重，加重担于
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I take refuge at your feet, burdened with the weight of my sins.
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我将皈依于您的脚下，使我沉重的罪恶得到救赎。
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7.
vt.
使……承担，使……负责
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He burdened his wife to pick him up at the airport.
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他要妻子开车去机场接他。
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8.
vt.
劳烦，给……添麻烦
Collins English-English Dictionary
- burden
['b3ːdən]
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1.
n
something that is carried; load
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2.
n
something that is exacting, oppressive, or difficult to bear
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the burden of responsibility
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3.
n
[nautical]
the cargo capacity of a ship
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4.
n
the weight of a ship's cargo
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5.
vt.
[tr]
[sometimes foll by up]
to put or impose a burden on; load
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6.
vt.
to weigh down; oppress
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the old woman was burdened with cares
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7.
vt.
[Etymology]
Old English byrthen; related to beran to bear1, Old Frisian berthene burden, Old High German burdin
- burden
['b3ːdən]
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1.
n
a line of words recurring at the end of each verse of a ballad or similar song; chorus or refrain
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2.
n
the principal or recurrent theme of a speech, book, etc
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3.
n
another word for bourdon
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4.
n
[Etymology]
C16: from Old French bourdon bass horn, droning sound, of imitative origin
Examples
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the burden of a speech
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演讲的重点
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to regard taxes as a burden
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把纳税当作负担
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The war expenses have been a burden to the country.
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军费已经成了这个国家的巨大负担。
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The gadget will lighten the goods you burden.
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这个装置会减轻你背负货物的重量。
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The minivan can not burden such heavy load of goods.
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这辆小卡车装不下这么重的货物。
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Sadly many people with modest earnings do have a heavy burden of personal debt.
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很不幸的是，许多具有中等收入的人确实负债累累。
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