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

• This tells half the story: the eurozone crisis shows how financial markets can weigh down on deeply rooted political cultures.
  这话说对了一半：欧元区危机向我们展示出，金融市场如何能够压垮根深蒂固的政治文化。
• Their evil actions are certain to weigh down heavily on them, and they will find that Allah's forgiveness is not forthcoming in this case.
  他们的恶行会重重地压在他们身上，他们会发现安拉的宽恕不会在此事上来临。
• 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。
• 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。
• Accordingly, lenders may cut back on credit, a move that could further weigh down the sputtering economy.
  因此，放款人可能削减信贷，此举可能进一步压制过热经济。
• I didn't want it to weigh you down.
  我不想加重你的思想负担。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。