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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• If you weigh yourself down you'll get very tired.
  如果背得过重，你就会感到很累的。
• Dump things that weigh you down emotionally and spiritually.
  ⑩卸下那些情绪和精神上的负担吧。
• Don't let them cause you to carry a grudge and let their actions weigh you down.
  不要让他们导致你心怀怨恨，也不要让他们的行为令你沮丧。
• Does Suffering weigh down your might?
  苦难让你威力大减吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。