a duty, responsibility, etc. that causes worry, difficulty or hard work (義務、責任等的)重擔,負擔 to bear/carry/ease/reduce/share the burden 承受/擔負/減輕/減少/分擔重擔 - the burden (of something)
The main burden of caring for old people falls on the state. 國家擔負起了照料老人的大部分責任。 - burden on somebody
the heavy tax burden on working people 加在勞動者頭上的重稅 - a burden to somebody
I don't want to become a burden to my children when I'm old. 我不想在年老的時候成爲孩子們的累贅。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- enormous
- great
- heavy
- …
- bear
- carry
- assume
- …
- fall on somebody/something
- burden for
- burden of
- burden on
- …
- the burden of proof
- have a burden on your shoulders
- the burden of doing something
- …
- (formal)
a heavy load that is difficult to carry see also beast of burden重擔;重負 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + burden- carry
- pick up
- lay down
- …
- a beast of burden
Word OriginOld English byrthen, of West Germanic origin; related to the verb bear.