跟我背cet4核心词汇309:burden
burden
难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词
基本释义
n.负担；责任；装载量；主题；[音乐]副歌
v.使负重；装载；烦扰
双语释义
n.(名词)
[c]重负 thing or person that is carried; heavy load
同义词
n. core，encumbrance，incumbrance，load
v. burthen，charge，saddle，weight
反义词
v. disburden，unburden
词汇辨析
burden，cargo，load
这些名词均有“负担，负荷”之意。
burden 指沉重、令人不快的负担；指精神负担时常有不堪忍受的意味。
cargo 指用轮船、车辆或飞机长距离运载的货物。
load 普通用词，含义广泛，指人、畜、车、船等负载的东西，指精神负担时，可与burden换用，但无感情色彩。
参考例句
1. i will not burden you with a lot of questions.
我不会提许多问题来烦扰你的。
2. too much praise is a burden.
太多的赞扬是一种负担。
3. he is a burden to me .
他对我来说是一个负担。
1.n-count 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. 负担
例：the developing countries bear the burden of an enormous external debt.
发展中国家背负着巨额外债的负担。
例：her death will be an impossible burden on paul.
她的去世会成为保罗难以承受的负担。
2.n-count a burden is a heavy load that is difficult to carry. 重负 [正式]
例：...african women carrying burdens on their heads.
…头顶重物的非洲妇女。
3.v-t 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. 使烦恼
例：we decided not to burden him with the news.
我们决定不拿这个消息去烦他。
4.n a line of words recurring at the end of each verse of a ballad or similar song; chorus or refrain 叠句
常见用法
用作名词 (n.)
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。
people on high incomes face a huge tax burden.
高收入的人面临着沉重的纳税负担。
the burden of organizing the campaign fell to me.
组织这次活动的责任落到了我头上。
i don't want to lay a burden on you.
我不想让你承担责任。
the burden of his argument was that life is precious.
他论证的要点是生命是宝贵的。
用作动词 (v.)
i don't want to burden you with my problem.
我不想让我的问题给你添麻烦。