burden

burden, cargo, load

名词 burden:

1. an onerous or difficult concern
   同义词：load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus
2. weight to be borne or conveyed
   同义词：load, loading
3. the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
   同义词：effect, essence, core, gist
4. the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse

动词 burden:

1. weight down with a load
   同义词：burthen, weight, weight down
2. impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
   同义词：charge, saddle

1. I don't want to burden you with my problem.
   我不想让我的问题给你添麻烦。
2. Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey towards it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.
   希望像太阳，我们向它走去时，它在我们身后投下我们负担的影子。
3. The burden on his back seemed to be crushing him to the earth.
   他背上的重负似乎要把他压倒在地。
4. Don't burden yourself with unnecessary problems.
   勿为不必要的问题所累。

burden

n.（名词）
Something that is carried.
担子：背负的东西

Something that is emotionally difficult to bear.
感情负担：使人感情上难以承受的东西
A source of great worry or stress; weight:
负担，重任：担忧或压抑的源泉；重负：
例句：
The burden of economic sacrifice rests on the workers of the plant.
经济上做出牺牲的负担落到工厂的工人们身上

A responsibility or duty:
责任，义务：
例句：
The burden of organizing the campaign fell to me.
组织这次活动的责任落到了我头上

Nautical
【航海】
The amount of cargo that a vessel can carry.
负载：船能够负载货物的数量
The weight of the cargo carried by a vessel at one time.
负载量，吨位：船一次可以装载货物的重量
v.tr.（及物动词）
bur.dened,bur.den.ing,bur.dens
To weigh down; oppress.
重压；压抑
To load or overload.
装载或超载

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old English byrthen * see bher-
源自 古英语 byrthen *参见 bher-

<参考词汇><同义词>burden,affliction,cross,trial,tribulationThe central meaning shared by these nouns is .something that is onerous or troublesome.:
这些名词的中心意思是.繁重或麻烦的事情.：
例句：
the burden of a guilty conscience;
犯罪意识的重负；

例句：
indebtedness that is an affliction;
一种不幸的负债；

例句：
illness that is her cross;
她的毛病是脾气暴躁；

例句：
sitting still, a trial to the very young;
长期地坐着，令这个年轻人很伤脑筋；

例句：
domestic tribulations.
家庭负担。


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burden
burden 2

n.（名词）
A principal or recurring idea; a theme:
主题，主旨：主要的或反复出现的思想；主题：
例句：
.The burden of what he said was to defend enthusiastically the conservative aristocracy.(J.A. Froude)See Synonyms at substance
.他所说的主题是热衷地保护守旧的贵族.(J.A.弗劳德)参见 substance

Music
【音乐】
The chorus or refrain of a composition.
副歌：歌曲中的副歌或叠句
The drone of a bagpipe.
苏格兰风笛的低音部分
Archaic The bass accompaniment to a song.
【古语】 歌曲的低音伴奏

来源：
Variant of bourdon
bourdon的变体