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TOEFL BNC: 2696 COCA: 2665

burden

noun
 OPAL W
/ˈbɜːdn/
/ˈbɜːrdn/
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  1.  
    a duty, responsibility, etc. that causes worry, difficulty or hard work（义务、责任等的）重担，负担
    • to bear/carry/ease/reduce/share the burden承受／担负／减轻／减少／分担重担
    • the burden (of something) 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。
    • burden on somebody the heavy tax burden on working people加在劳动者头上的重税
    • a burden to somebody I don't want to become a burden to my children when I'm old.我不想在年老的时候成为孩子们的累赘。
    Topics Difficulty and failurec1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • enormous
    • great
    • heavy
    • …
    verb + burden
    • bear
    • carry
    • assume
    • …
    burden + verb
    • fall on somebody/​something
    preposition
    • burden for
    • burden of
    • burden on
    • …
    phrases
    • the burden of proof
    • have a burden on your shoulders
    • the burden of doing something
    • …
    See full entry
  2. (formal) a heavy load that is difficult to carry重担；重负 see also beast of burden
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + burden
    • carry
    • pick up
    • lay down
    • …
    phrases
    • a beast of burden
    See full entry
    3. Word OriginOld English byrthen, of West Germanic origin; related to the verb bear.

burden

verb
/ˈbɜːdn/
/ˈbɜːrdn/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they burden
/ˈbɜːdn/
/ˈbɜːrdn/
he / she / it burdens
/ˈbɜːdnz/
/ˈbɜːrdnz/
past simple burdened
/ˈbɜːdnd/
/ˈbɜːrdnd/
past participle burdened
/ˈbɜːdnd/
/ˈbɜːrdnd/
-ing form burdening
/ˈbɜːdnɪŋ/
/ˈbɜːrdnɪŋ/
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  1. burden somebody/yourself (with something) to give somebody a duty, responsibility, etc. that causes worry, difficulty or hard work（使）担负（沉重或艰难的任务、职责等）
    • 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
    opposite unburdenTopics Difficulty and failurec1
  2. be burdened with something
     to be carrying something heavy负重
    • 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。
    3. Word OriginOld English byrthen, of West Germanic origin; related to the verb bear.
TOEFL BNC: 2696 COCA: 2665
burden

noun¹

 1responsibility/worry責任；擔憂ADJECTIVE | VERB + BURDEN | BURDEN + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤enormous, great, heavy, huge, onerous, significant, substantial, terrible, tremendous重負◇The need to protect the nation places a heavy burden on the shoulders of state leaders.保衞國家是壓在國家領導人肩上的重任。◇The war was a huge burden on the economy.這場戰爭給經濟帶來巨大負擔。➤crippling, crushing, intolerable無法承受的負擔➤undue, unfair過度的／不公平的負擔➤added, additional, extra額外的負擔➤increased增加的負擔▸➤administrative, debt, economic, emotional, financial, regulatory, tax行政／債務／經濟／感情／財政／管理／稅務負擔VERB + BURDEN➤bear, carry承受負擔◇The manager carries the greatest burden of responsibility.經理擔當的責任最大。➤assume, shoulder, take on承擔責任；肩負責任◇She had to shoulder the burden of childcare.她不得不擔起照顧孩子的重擔。➤impose, place, put加負擔於◇His illness placed an intolerable burden on his family.他的病給家庭帶來了無法承受的負擔。➤create產生負擔➤be, become是負擔；成為負擔➤feel感到負擔◇He was beginning to feel a burden to his family.他開始覺得自己對家人是個累贅。➤increase增加負擔▸➤ease, lessen, lighten, reduce, relieve減輕負擔▸➤lift, remove, take解除／去掉／承受負擔◇The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必須解除地方政府的行政負擔。➤shift轉移重擔◇plans to shift the burden of taxation onto larger companies將稅負轉移給較大公司的計劃➤share分擔負擔◇I need to share my burden with someone.我需要其他人來分擔我的重負。BURDEN + VERB➤fall on sb/sth負擔落在⋯上◇The economic burden falls mainly on businesses.經濟負擔主要落在各家企業頭上。PREPOSITION➤burden for給⋯的負擔◇a burden for the whole family帶給全家人的負擔➤burden of⋯的負擔◇the burden of high taxation重稅的負擔◇She carried a huge burden of guilt for what she had done.她對自己的所作所為深感內疚。➤burden on, burden upon加在⋯上的負擔◇Reducing taxes would ease the financial burden on families.減稅將會減輕家庭的經濟負擔。➤burden to對⋯的負擔◇She felt she was a burden to her parents.她感覺自己是父母的負擔。PHRASES➤the burden of proof (= the responsibility of proving that sth is true) (law法律) 舉證責任◇The burden of proof falls on the prosecution: the accused is presumed innocent until proved guilty.舉證責任在控方：除非被證實有罪，否則就假定被告無罪。➤have a burden on your shoulders肩負重擔◇He has the burden of a large family on his shoulders.他肩負着養活一大家子人的重擔。➤the burden of doing sth做⋯的重任➤lift the burden from sb's shoulders, take the burden off sb's shoulders解除某人肩上的重擔
burden

noun²

 2heavy load重負VERB + BURDEN | PHRASES VERB + BURDEN➤carry帶着重負◇The women carried their burdens on their backs.那些女人背負重物。➤pick up拿起重物▸➤lay down, put down放下重物PHRASES➤a beast of burden役畜
TOEFL BNC: 2696 COCA: 2665
burden noun
⇨ cargo (She shifted her burden from one arm to the other.) ⇨ responsibility (the burden of caring for the elderly)
TOEFL BNC: 2696 COCA: 2665

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