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

• Words have no tangible weight, but careless remarks would heavily weigh down people's heart.
  话语称起来不重，但稍一不慎，却会重重地压到别人的心。
• 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。
• The presents weigh down the branches of the Christmas tree.
  礼物把圣诞树枝坠弯了。
• His years weigh him down.
  年岁使他衰颓。
• To be honest,⑦ the monotony of my life here was really starting to weigh me down, so a change will recharge not only my professional life, but my life in general.
  老实说，在这里单调的生活真的开始把我拖垮了，因此改变一下不但能为我的职场生活还能为我的正常生活充充电。
• 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。
• I didn't want it to weigh you down.
  我不想加重你的思想负担。
• We need to focus on those things that build us up, not weigh us down with unattainable ideals.
  我们需要集中精力于自身具备的东西，而不要为了难以达到的理想境界而过分忧虑。
• If you weigh yourself down you'll get very tired.
  如果背得过重，你就会感到很累的。
• Nor do we want the burdens of nanny-state paternalism that now weigh down many economies in Europe.
  同时，我们也不希望澳大利亚背上沉重的社保负担，保姆式家长主义拖垮了欧洲许多经济体。