burden, cargo, load

名詞 burden:

1. an onerous or difficult concern
   同義詞：load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus
2. weight to be borne or conveyed
   同義詞：load, loading
3. the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
   同義詞：effect, essence, core, gist
4. the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse

動詞 burden:

1. weight down with a load
   同義詞：burthen, weight, weight down
2. impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
   同義詞：charge, saddle

1. I don't want to burden you with my problem.
   我不想讓我的問題給你添麻煩。
2. Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey towards it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.
   希望像太陽，我們向它走去時(shí)，它在我們身后投下我們負(fù)擔(dān)的影子。
3. The burden on his back seemed to be crushing him to the earth.
   他背上的重負(fù)似乎要把他壓倒在地。
4. Don't burden yourself with unnecessary problems.
   勿為不必要的問題所累。

burden

n.（名詞）
Something that is carried.
擔(dān)子：背負(fù)的東西

Something that is emotionally difficult to bear.
感情負(fù)擔(dān)：使人感情上難以承受的東西
A source of great worry or stress; weight:
負(fù)擔(dān)，重任：擔(dān)憂或壓抑的源泉；重負(fù)：
例句：
The burden of economic sacrifice rests on the workers of the plant.
經(jīng)濟(jì)上做出犧牲的負(fù)擔(dān)落到工廠的工人們身上

A responsibility or duty:
責(zé)任，義務(wù)：
例句：
The burden of organizing the campaign fell to me.
組織這次活動的責(zé)任落到了我頭上

Nautical
【航?！?/i>
The amount of cargo that a vessel can carry.
負(fù)載：船能夠負(fù)載貨物的數(shù)量
The weight of the cargo carried by a vessel at one time.
負(fù)載量，噸位：船一次可以裝載貨物的重量
v.tr.（及物動詞）
bur.dened,bur.den.ing,bur.dens
To weigh down; oppress.
重壓；壓抑
To load or overload.
裝載或超載

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old English byrthen * see bher-
源自 古英語 byrthen *參見 bher-

<參考詞匯><同義詞>burden,affliction,cross,trial,tribulationThe central meaning shared by these nouns is .something that is onerous or troublesome.:
這些名詞的中心意思是.繁重或麻煩的事情.：
例句：
the burden of a guilty conscience;
犯罪意識的重負(fù)；

例句：
indebtedness that is an affliction;
一種不幸的負(fù)債；

例句：
illness that is her cross;
她的毛病是脾氣暴躁；

例句：
sitting still, a trial to the very young;
長期地坐著，令這個(gè)年輕人很傷腦筋；

例句：
domestic tribulations.
家庭負(fù)擔(dān)。


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burden
burden 2

n.（名詞）
A principal or recurring idea; a theme:
主題，主旨：主要的或反復(fù)出現(xiàn)的思想；主題：
例句：
.The burden of what he said was to defend enthusiastically the conservative aristocracy.(J.A. Froude)See Synonyms at substance
.他所說的主題是熱衷地保護(hù)守舊的貴族.(J.A.弗勞德)參見 substance

Music
【音樂】
The chorus or refrain of a composition.
副歌：歌曲中的副歌或疊句
The drone of a bagpipe.
蘇格蘭風(fēng)笛的低音部分
Archaic The bass accompaniment to a song.
【古語】 歌曲的低音伴奏

來源：
Variant of bourdon
bourdon的變體