burden
- n.负担;(义务、责任等的)重担;重负
- vt.(使)担负(沉重或艰难的任务、职责等);负重
复数： burdens 过去式： burdened 现在分词： burdening 过去分词： burdened 第三人称单数： burdens
burd 承担 + -en 动词后缀
burdennoun
（义务、责任等的）重担，负担
a duty, responsibility, etc. that causes worry, difficulty or hard work
to bear/carry/ease/reduce/share the burden
承受 / 担负 / 减轻 / 减少 / 分担重担
The main burden of caring for old people falls on the state.
国家担负起了照料老人的大部分责任。
the heavy tax burden on working people
加在劳动者头上的重税
I don't want to become a burden to my children when I'm old.
我不想在年老的时候成为孩子们的累赘。
重担；重负
a heavy load that is difficult to carry
verb
（使）担负（沉重或艰难的任务、职责等）
to give sb a duty, responsibility, etc. that causes worry, difficulty or hard work
They have burdened themselves with a high mortgage.
他们负担了一笔很高的按揭借款。
I don't want to burden you with my worries.
我不想让你为我的烦恼操心。
to be burdened by high taxation
不堪重税负荷
负重
to be carrying sth heavy
She got off the bus, burdened with two heavy suitcases.
她提着两只沉重的手提箱下了公共汽车。
burden
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N-COUNT 负担；重负
If you describe a problem or a responsibility as a burden, you mean that it causes someone a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work.The developing countries bear the burden of an enormous external debt...
发展中国家背负着巨额外债。
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N-COUNT 重担；负荷
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VERB 使烦恼；烦扰
If someone burdens you with something that is likely to worry you, for example a problem or a difficult decision, they tell you about it.We decided not to burden him with the news.
我们决定不拿这个消息去烦他。
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PHRASE 举证责任
The burden of proof is the task of proving that you are correct, for example when you have accused someone of a crime.The burden of proof is on the prosecution.
起诉方有举证的责任。
noun
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- weight to be borne or conveyed
- Synonym: load loading
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- an onerous or difficult concern
- the burden of responsibility
- that's a load off my mind
- Synonym: load encumbrance incumbrance onus
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- the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse
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- the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- Synonym: effect essence core gist
verb
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- impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
- He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend
- Synonym: charge saddle
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- weight down with a load
- Synonym: burthen weight weight down
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The measures will lighten the tax burden on small businesses .
这些措施将减轻小型企业的纳税负担。
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I wouldn 't call it a burden ; I call it a responsibility
我不觉得这是负担；我觉得它是一种责任。
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This system imposes additional financial burdens on many people .
这个制度给很多人增加了额外的经济负担。
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Their group was targeted to carry the burden of job losses .
他们那个小组被选中成为裁员的目标。
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I don 't want to become a burden to my children when I 'm old .
我不想在年老的时候成为孩子们的累赘。
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Her father carried a heavy burden of responsibility .
她父亲肩负着重大责任。
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I don 't want to burden you with my worries .
我不想让你为我的烦恼操心。
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She got off the bus , burdened with two heavy suitcases .
她提着两只沉重的手提箱下了公共汽车。
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He wanted to rid himself of the burden of the secret .
他想把秘密说出来，让自己得到解脱。
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The burden of guilt weighed heavily on his mind .
愧疚之情压得他透不过气来。
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The developing countries bear the burden of an enormous external debt
发展中国家背负着巨额外债。
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We decided not to burden him with the news .
我们决定不拿这个消息去烦他。
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His business empire collapsed under a massive burden of debt
他的商业帝国无力承担沉重的债务负担而垮掉了。
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They don 't go around with the burdens of the world on their shoulders the whole time
他们不会一直背负整个世界的重担。
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This will achieve greater security without unduly burdening the consumers or the economy
此举可提高安全性，而不会给消费者和经济增加过多的负担。
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The financial burden will be more evenly shared .
财政负担将被更加平均地分担。
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Her death will be an impossible burden on Paul
她的去世将给保罗带来难以承受的打击。
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We need to reduce the burden of taxes that impoverish the economy .
我们需要减轻导致经济困顿的税收负荷。
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What complicates the issue is the burden of history
历史的重负使问题复杂化了。
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A vastly disproportionate burden falls on women for child care
照料孩子的重担落在了女性身上。
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The minister has persuaded the banks to lighten the burden of the foreign debt
部长已经说服银行减轻外债负担。
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The burden of proof is on the prosecution .
起诉方有举证的责任。
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Nicaragua was burdened with a foreign debt of $ 11 billion
尼加拉瓜背负着110亿美元的沉重外债。
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In sharing this secret you lighten your burden
和别人分享这个秘密可以减轻自己的负担。
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The mule 's back was hollowed by the weight of its burden .
骡背被重负压得塌下了。
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They may be burdened by guilt and regret .
他们内心可能充满内疚和悔恨。
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Too much spending on rearmament would place an insupportable burden on the nation 's productive capacity
过于庞大的重整军备开支会给国家的生产力带来难以承受的负担。
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Bookshelves groan under the burden of books on threats to the environment .
书架上摆满了有关环境威胁的书，不堪重负。
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Some would argue this was no burden in fact , and that she should count her blessings .
有些人可能会说这事实上算不上什么负担，她应该想想自己有多幸运。
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There was an extraordinary feeling of hope and relief , as if a great burden had been cast off .
有种充满希望和解脱的奇妙感觉，好似卸下了一副千斤重担。
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