weigh down

英 [weɪ daʊn]

美 [weɪ daʊn]

使负荷太重; 压得…行动不便

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 使负荷太重;压得…行动不便
  If something that you are wearing or carryingweighsyoudown, it stops you moving easily by making you heavier.
  1. He took off his shoes. If they had to swim, he didn't want anything weighing him down...
     他脱下了鞋。如果他们不得不游泳的话，他不想让任何东西成为负担。
  2. These nests increase in size each year, and can eventually weigh down the branch.
     这些巢每年都在变大，最终可能会把树枝压弯。
  3. ...soldiers weighed down by their heavy packs.
     背着沉重背包的士兵们
• PHRASAL VERB 使烦恼;使焦虑
  If youare weighed down bysomething, it makes you extremely worried or causes you great problems.
  1. The merchant bank is being weighed down by a £1.3 billion book of bad debts.
     这家商业银行因13亿英镑的呆账而忧心忡忡。
  2. ...the depression that weighed him down each morning.
     每天早上困扰他的沮丧情绪

英英释义

verb

• exert a force with a heavy weight
  1. The snow bore down on the roof
  Synonym:drag downbear downbear down onpress down on
• be oppressive or disheartening to
  Synonym:weigh on

双语例句

• If you weigh yourself down you'll get very tired.
  如果背得过重，你就会感到很累的。
• These nests increase in size each year, and can eventually weigh down the branch.
  这些巢每年都在变大，最终可能会把树枝压弯。
• The monotony of my life here was really starting to weigh me down.
  在这里单调的生活真的开始把我拖垮了。
• Not being the bread-winner anymore or not being able to fulfill your kid's needs can weigh down hard on your family life.
  你会内疚不能养家糊口，不能满足孩子的需求会给你的家庭生活造成沉重的负担。
• The merchant bank is being weighed down by a £ 1.3 billion book of bad debts.
  这家商业银行因13亿英镑的呆账而忧心忡忡。
• Don't let diet lapses weigh you down.
  勿让节食不当成为压力。
• As homes are built further away from city centres, they weigh down average reported prices.
  由于如今新建房屋距离市中心更远，因此拉低了总体的平均报价。
• You have a need to investigate new ideas and concepts but are not as interested in owning things that could weigh you down and clip your wings.
  你需要投资在新的思想或者概念里面，但对拥有会令到你失去重量或者夹住你要翱翔的翅膀的物质不感兴趣。
• A ball of lead will weigh down an equal bulk of feathers.
  一个铅球要比同样大小的羽毛团重。
• The presents weigh down the branches of the Christmas tree.
  礼物把圣诞树枝坠弯了。