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。
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重担;重负 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.