burden
🇺🇸
/ˈbɜːrdn/
🇬🇧
/ˈbɜːdn/
noun
C1
A heavy responsibility that causes stress or hard work.
The burden of caring for elderly parents often falls on their children.
照顾年迈父母的重担常常落在子女身上。
R
A heavy object that is hard to carry.
He carried the heavy burden of firewood up the hill.
他扛着沉重的柴火重担上山。
verb
R
To give someone a heavy responsibility that causes stress.
Don't burden your friends with too many problems.
不要用太多问题来加重朋友的负担。
R
To carry something heavy.
She was burdened with heavy shopping bags.
她背负着沉重的购物袋。
translation
负担, 重物
使负担, 背负
词形变化
Plural
burdens
Progressive
burdening
Past
burdened
Perfect
burdened
3rd Present
burdens