| 单词 | bear |
| 释义 | 1. verb uses2. noun uses bear (beəʳ ) verb uses Word forms: bears , bearing , bore , borne 1. verb If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there. [literary] They bore the oblong hardwood box into the kitchen and put it on the table. [VERB noun adverb/preposition] -bearing combining form ...food-bearing lorries. 2. verb If you bear something such as a weapon, you hold it or carry it with you. [formal] ...the constitutional right to bear arms. [VERB noun] Synonyms: hold, carry, pack -bearing combining form ...rifle-bearing soldiers. ...hundreds of flag-bearing marchers. 3. verb If one thing bears the weight of something else, it supports the weight of that thing. The ice was not thick enough to bear the weight of marching men. [VERB noun] Synonyms: support, carry, shoulder, sustain -bearing combining form ...the load-bearing joints of the body. 4. verb If something bears a particular mark or characteristic, it has that mark or characteristic. The houses bear the marks of bullet holes. [VERB noun] ...notepaper bearing the Presidential seal. [VERB noun] ...a corporation he owned that bore his name. [VERB noun] The room bore all the signs of a violent struggle. [VERB noun] 5. verb B2 If you bear an unpleasant experience, you accept it because you are unable to do anything about it. They will have to bear the misery of living in constant fear of war. [VERB noun] Synonyms: suffer, feel, experience, go through 6. verb [with neg] B2 If you can't bear someone or something, you dislike them very much. I can't bear people who make judgements and label me. [VERB noun/verb-ing] I can't bear having to think what I'm going to say. [VERB noun/-ing] He can't bear to talk about it, even to me. [VERB to-infinitive] Synonyms: bring yourself to, allow, accept, permit 7. verb If someone bears the cost of something, they pay for it. Patients should not have to bear the costs of their own treatment. [VERB noun] 8. verb If you bear the responsibility for something, you accept responsibility for it. After all, he bore no responsibility for what had happened the day before. [VERB noun] Synonyms: take on, support, carry, accept 9. verb If one thing bears no resemblance or no relationship to another thing, they are not at all similar. Their daily menus bore no resemblance whatsoever to what they were actually fed. [VERB noun] For many software packages, the price bears little relation to cost. [VERB noun] 10. verb When a plant or tree bears flowers, fruit, or leaves, it produces them. As the plants grow and start to bear fruit they will need a lot of water. [VERB noun] Synonyms: produce, give, provide, develop -bearing combining form ...a strong, fruit-bearing apple tree. 11. verb If something such as a bank account or an investment bears interest, interest is paid on it. [business] The eight-year bond will bear annual interest of 10.5%. [VERB noun] Synonyms: earn, make, get, receive -bearing combining form ...interest-bearing current accounts. 12. verb When a woman bears a child, she gives birth to him or her. [old-fashioned] Emma bore a son called Karl. [VERB noun] She bore him a daughter, Suzanna. [VERB noun noun] Synonyms: give birth to, produce, deliver, breed 13. verb If you bear someone a feeling such as love or hate, you feel that emotion towards them. [literary] She bore him no ill will. [VERB noun noun] I have lived with him on the best terms and bear him friendship. [VERB noun noun] Synonyms: exhibit, hold, maintain, entertain 14. verb If you bear yourself in a particular way, you move or behave in that way. [literary] There was elegance and simple dignity in the way he bore himself. [V pron-refl adv/prep] Synonyms: conduct, carry, move, deport 15. verb If you bear left or bear right when you are driving or walking along, you turn and continue in that direction. Go left onto the A107 and bear left into Seven Sisters Road. [VERB adverb] Synonyms: turn, tack, veer, swerve 16. See also bore, borne 17. to bring something to bear phrase If you bring something to bear on a situation, you use it to deal with that situation. British scientists have brought computer science to bear on this problem. 18. bring pressure to bear on phrase If you bring pressure or influence to bear on someone, you use it to try and persuade them to do something. His companions brought pressure to bear on him, urging him to stop wasting money. 19. to bear the brunt of phrase To bear the brunt or take the brunt of something unpleasant means to suffer the main part or force of it. Young people are bearing the brunt of unemployment. A child's head tends to take the brunt of any fall. 20. to bear comparison phrase If someone or something stands or bears comparison with another person or thing, they are as good, or almost as good. [formal] His famous hymn stands comparison with the best of medieval verse. 21. to bear fruit phrase If the effort that you put into something or a particular way of doing something bears fruit, it is successful and produces good results. Eleanor's work among the women will, I trust, bear fruit. He was naturally disappointed when the talks failed to bear fruit. 22. to grin and bear it phrase If you grin and bear it, you accept a difficult or unpleasant situation without complaining because you know there is nothing you can do to make things better. They cannot stand the sight of each other, but they will just have to grin and bear it. 23. to bear in mind phrase B2 If you tell someone to bear something in mind or to keep something in mind, you are reminding or warning them about something important which they should remember. Bear in mind that petrol stations are scarce in the more remote areas. I should not be surprised about some of her comments, bearing in mind the party she belongs to. 24. to bear witness to phrase If a person or thing bears witness to something, they show or say that it exists or happened. [formal] Many of these poems bear witness to his years spent in India and China. Many veterans believe it is their job to bear witness to the horrors of war. Phrasal verbs: bear down 1. phrasal verb If someone or something bears down on you, they move quickly towards you in a threatening way. A group of half a dozen men entered the pub and bore down on the bar. [VERB PARTICLE + on] 2. phrasal verb To bear down on something means to push or press downwards with steady pressure. The roof support structure had collapsed and the entire weight was bearing down on the ceiling. [VERB PARTICLE + on] bear out phrasal verb If someone or something bears a person out or bears out what that person is saying, they support what that person is saying. Recent studies have borne out claims that perfumes can cause psychological changes. [VERB PARTICLE noun] bear up phrasal verb If you bear up when experiencing problems, you remain cheerful and show courage in spite of them. How's Mary bearing up? [VERB PARTICLE] She was frightened that she would be unable to bear up under the pain of childbirth. [V P under n] bear with phrasal verb B2 , If you ask someone to bear with you, you are asking them to be patient. If you'll bear with me, Frank, just let me try to explain. [VERB PARTICLE noun] bear (beəʳ ) noun uses Word forms: bears 1. countable noun A2 A bear is a large, strong wild animal with thick fur and sharp claws. 2. See also polar bear, teddy bear 3. countable noun [usually plural] On the stock market, bears are people who sell shares in expectation of a drop in price, in order to make a profit by buying them back again after a short time. Compare bull. [business] Idioms: grin and bear it to have to accept a difficult situation because there is nothing that you can do about it Severe abdominal pain should always be checked. Don't just grin and bear it. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers bear fruit to produce good results People see material conditions getting worse. They don't see the economic reforms championed by the President as bearing fruit. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a cross to bear a responsibility or an unpleasant situation which you must live with, because you cannot change it `My children are much cleverer than me, it is a cross I have to bear,' he quips at one point in the interview. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers bear the brunt of something to suffer most as a result of a problem or difficult situation In 37 years with British Rail, I saw how station staff always bore the brunt of public anger over fare rises. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers loaded for bear [US] ready and eager to do something We could notify the mainland police, and they could go charging in there with guns and bullhorns, loaded for bear. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers be like a bear with a sore head [mainly British] to behave in a very bad-tempered and angry way Ever since we arrived here, you've been like a bear with a sore head. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: bear a flag It was told across two stages, beneath a giant arch bearing the flags of the nations who took part. The Sun They then had to collect a flag bearing the face of their opposite number and plant it in a holder on the opposite side of the lake. The Sun They'd come with flags bearing my name. Times, Sunday Times In 1919, he helped start the tradition in which flags bearing gold stars are attached to the goals prior to the season opener. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The flag bears a red cross with four horizontal blue bars. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For example, leather shoes will bear a label identifying the animal from which the leather was taken. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A wholesale package of processed meat will bear a label that has a government inspection legend. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If one drives both with a car and a caravan/trailer, both must bear the label. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It arrived bearing the label 'yellow artist paint dust'. Times, Sunday Times The back of the cartridge bears a label with instructions on handling. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The first cake to bear this logo was a limited production of the 8653 cake. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some of the photos from this time bear the logo of both photographers, while others show individual logos. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We are proud to throw our weight behind her crusade - and urge readers to send off for badges we have had made bearing the logo. The Sun The website now bears a logo very similar, if not identical, to that of the original search engine. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Any swans that didn’t bear a mark were automatically the property of the crown. Smithsonian Mag Not all are as brief as those above but all bear the mark of her acute wisdom and eccentric wit. Times, Sunday Times Both must instead bear the mark of the cheat. Times, Sunday Times For you will also bear the mark. Times, Sunday Times Even diminutive woodcuts, be they portraits or landscapes, bear the mark of his spirited style. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's the first album to bear his name and represents a massive moment in the stellar career of its creator. The Sun However, banking stocks limped to the holiday that bear their name. Times, Sunday Times But what respect he commanded - no wonder two such good plants bear his name. Times, Sunday Times Her mark continues throughout her home region today, with streets, schools, and institutions that bear her name. Christianity Today He did not ask for any of these things to bear his name; although some did, despite him. Times, Sunday Times The award takes the form of a wooden aircraft propellor to which plaques bearing the name of each honoree are mounted. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The concrete element to the left bears a plaque with the names of the fallen and a dedication. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A bench bearing a plaque with the poem engraved on it was transferred to a bus shelter in the village. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 On the sides are bronze plaques bearing the names of the fallen. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 One unusual line of goods was plaques bearing the coats of arms of extinct families. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They still bear some relationship to these earlier compositions. The Times Literary Supplement (2012) The cost of car insurance bears increasingly little relationship to the real world. The Sun (2012) And it also bears no relationship to reality. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The 20 missing out bear the scar for months. Times,Sunday Times This battered oval tin box, with its webbing strap, bore the scars of decades of walks and bicycle rides. Times, Sunday Times Does he still 'bear the scars', as it were? Times, Sunday Times She still bears the scars of her ordeal. Times, Sunday Times But one glass cupboard in the far corner of the lounge still bears the scars of some rare, loose control to this day. The Sun Do we all bear a share of the blame? Times, Sunday Times By not agreeing a fee in advance, you both bear a share of the blame - but you more than her. Times, Sunday Times They are filled with resentment because others do not bear their share of the general burden. Times, Sunday Times Some well-paid people bear their share of responsibility for the fiscal hole we are in, but they are helping to dig us out of it. Times, Sunday Times They may feel decidedly short-changed at being excluded from the windfalls while also being obliged to bear a share of the costs of flotation. Times, Sunday Times This scheme bears the signs of what was originally a bright idea being whittled down by the inevitable committees. Times, Sunday Times In contrast to those who covet precious materials, the machinist loves objects that bear the signs of heavy use. Times, Sunday Times In fact my whole house bears the signs of someone who doesn't spend much time there. Times, Sunday Times Two are still in use, while the third bears a sign showing its later conversion to a bakery. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Several pieces of such coins, bearing his signs, are preserved. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The bill must bear the signature of the member introducing it to verify that the member actually intended to introduce the bill. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He made several other dedicatory works, all of which bear his signature and their corresponding dates. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, having let the manifesto bear his signature, he had to bear the full responsibility for its consequences. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Over 120 vases bear his signature, indicating that they were made by him or in his workshop. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Only two works from this period bear a signature and a date, both from 1552. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Generations of novelists bear the stamp of his imagination. Times, Sunday Times After all, the products we clutch in our hands and stuff in our ears bear the stamp of his workshop. Times, Sunday Times Yet they also bear the stamp of a personal and compelling vision. The Times Literary Supplement In countries where excise stamps are required, all cigarettes and alcohol produced legally will bear a stamp. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The cards must carry the name and quality of the artist, and bear the stamp of his atelier. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The following year, the zoo added two cinnamon bears and created an iron bear den. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A foot bridge, a feline house, and a new bear den were constructed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They may also den in abandoned brown bear dens. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In summer nettles bear flowers, but these are not much noticed. Times, Sunday Times The leaves of the plants that bear flowers are long and pointed, and they lack the triangular lobes that we normally associate with our idea of typical ivy leaves. Times, Sunday Times Even the small plants bear flowers. Times, Sunday Times During the summer, these stems bear flowers arranged in a spiral. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many plants bear flowers that favour certain types of pollinator over all others. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 One finding was their increased ability to bear pain. Times, Sunday Times Dialectical behavior therapy emphasizes learning to bear pain skillfully. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Who has not been inspired and enriched by real-life stories of people courageously and patiently bearing pain and suffering, faithful to a destiny that eludes our capacity to fathom it? Christianity Today Inevitably, though, he must also bear scrutiny and responsibility as the rebuilding of an image proceeds. Times, Sunday Times In my experience people in senior positions who fight against such clarity have reasons for doing so that often do not bear scrutiny. Times,Sunday Times Do players of legend bear scrutiny or were their feats just myths? Times, Sunday Times Does your outbox bear scrutiny? Times, Sunday Times He was of the conviction that the term liquid crystal did not bear scrutiny. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Description in all three books bear similarity, thus they seem to have the same historical origins. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A second goal soon followed, bearing similarities to the first. Times, Sunday Times Her life threafter bears similarities to those of the persecuted today. Times, Sunday Times I think that bears similarities. The Sun The paratyphoid fever bears similarities with typhoid fever, and the two are referred to by the common name enteric fever. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Bear territory occurs when the market falls 20 per cent below its peak over the course of at least two months. Times, Sunday Times But it's not an obvious time to be taking on the distraction or risk of drilling in bear territory. Times, Sunday Times The market isn't quite in bear territory yet. Houston Chronicle I was travelling on my own, so nothing was stopping me from heading further west in my hire car, leaving bear territory behind. Times, Sunday Times Polar bears rarely enter conflict with other predators, though recent brown bear encroachments into polar bear territories have led to antagonistic encounters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The bookshelves in his studio bear testimony to his curiosity. Times, Sunday Times Together they bear testimony to a restless continuing and still unfinished quest. Times, Sunday Times The remains of the rocket and ruined masonry still bear testimony to the horror. Times, Sunday Times Six major championships bear testimony to his success. Times, Sunday Times In his clear, meticulous hand, written in blue ink, the dates of his transfers from prison to prison - eight in all - bear testimony to his long misfortune. Times, Sunday Times But he will always bear the blame. Times, Sunday Times Conscientious investigators do not belittle complainants nor suggest that they bear the blame for crimes committed against them. Times, Sunday Times If you lend someone your car, knowing that the brakes are faulty, you bear some blame if he or she has an accident. Times, Sunday Times All the actors involved bear some blame. Times, Sunday Times In most cases, each party will bear some blame, even if it's 99 per cent the fault of one person and only 1 per cent the fault of the other. Times, Sunday Times The seats are twice the size of regular ones and can bear the burden of someone weighing up to 39st. Times, Sunday Times She has been celebrated for perfection over the past 33 years, yet seems to bear the burden lightly. Times, Sunday Times To keep the police operation secret, the soldiers had to bear the burden of fear in silence - telling no-one including close comrades. The Sun Shareholders rather than customers will bear the burden of the fine, the organisation said. Times, Sunday Times You're strong, but you've had to bear the burden of certain obligations on your own for far too long. Times, Sunday Times Ultimately the appeal would determine which of the innocent parties would bear the consequences. Times, Sunday Times If ministers never have to bear the consequences of the policies they implement, how are they ever going to know whether they are reasonable? Times, Sunday Times Live your own life, make your own decisions and bear the consequences. Times, Sunday Times I thought that readers would sympathise with such witnesses, who were not consulted but had to bear the consequences. Times, Sunday Times Let them bear the consequences of their actions. Christianity Today Their vast cost was borne by the noblemen given the privilege of hosting her. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The yellow book has seen taxpayers, rather than companies, bear the cost of redundancies as shrinking budgets have shut defence factories across the country. Times, Sunday Times (2012) For too long, a small group in our nation's capital has reaped the rewards of government while the people have borne the cost. Times, Sunday Times (2017) To maintain our tie has taken a certain amount of determination and willingness to bear the cost. Christianity Today (2000) The new traditions that are emerging bear the imprint of venality. ST Others bear the imprint of our culture that recoils from commitment to anything. Christianity Today Printed political election material must bear an imprint declaring its origin, and campaigners want to extend that online. Times, Sunday Times Roughly half the buildings bear the imprint of the late 16th century. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This week's reshuffle certainly bore his imprint. Times, Sunday Times I just couldn't bear the thought of any friends finding out. The Sun I can't bear the thought of losing her too. The Sun I am naturally energetic, and can't bear the thought of wasting the day in bed. Times, Sunday Times I cannot carry on the way we are but cannot bear the thought of breaking up either. The Sun He can't bear the thought of me with someone else. The Sun These thick leaves, typically produced from stretched animal skins, then bore the traces of their former contents, creating a palimpsest: a manuscript with multiple sets of overlaid text. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And his artworks still bear the traces of that time in the shadows. The Times Literary Supplement The hotel still bears the traces of past glory. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The text bears some traces of remodeling and linguistic simplifications, and its final form belongs to the 15th century. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As everything a person eats bears the trace of the soil of where it was grown or reared, soil samples were compared to places around the world. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It is the key to bearing weight. The Sun (2009) The slender lattice was too frail to bear the weight of a nuclear device' and Neil assumed that it was an old radio mast. RUSHING TO PARADISE These lithe, slim beasts bear the weight of an astonishing amount of history, belief and superstition. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Like a dancing bear, it's not the moves it makes that get your attention, but the fact it's making them at all. Times, Sunday Times He was the ringmaster who freed the puppets from their magic suitcase and cued in a deafening audience scream (rehearsed) at the entry of the dancing bear. Times, Sunday Times The dancing bear scares the highwaymen away, and everyone arrives at the fair. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's in the same boat as dancing bears. Times,Sunday Times In 1990, 3,000 people were invited to a grand launch revue featuring ballerinas, bullfighters and dancing bears. Times, Sunday Times Inside stuffed bear and boar were reminders that anything goes in the mountains, although hunting now requires a government licence. Times, Sunday Times The library contains, among its high walls of books, a sofa, a shrouded piano and the head of a stuffed bear. The Times Literary Supplement When you entered the stairs at 206, you were met by an enormous stuffed bear standing watching you. Times, Sunday Times A giant stuffed bear with illuminated eyes proves even more startling than it appears. Times, Sunday Times One visitor recalls a stuffed bear at the entrance to a room bearing a tray of caviar. Times, Sunday Times They are fighters and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Christianity Today Other organizations exist to further wild bear education and conservation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He wakes to see a maiden being chased by a wild bear and rescues her. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In another incident, a wild bear came by when he was in deep meditation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Hog deer and wild bear occur particularly in the central inundation belt. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 熊, 负担 Japanese: クマ 動物, 支える 支持 |
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