| 单词 | burden |
| 释义 | burden (bɜːʳdən ) Word forms: burdens , burdening , burdened 1. countable noun B2 If you describe a problem or a responsibility as a burden, you mean that it causes someone a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work. The developing countries bear the burden of an enormous external debt. [+ of] They don't go around with the burdens of the world on their shoulders the whole time. Her death will be an impossible burden on Paul. The financial burden will be more evenly shared. Synonyms: trouble, care, worry, trial 2. countable noun A burden is a heavy load that is difficult to carry. [formal] 3. verb If someone burdens you with something that is likely to worry you, for example a problem or a difficult decision, they tell you about it. We decided not to burden him with the news. [VERB noun + with] Synonyms: weigh down, worry, load, tax 4. See also beast of burden 5. burden of proof phrase The burden of proof is the task of proving that you are correct, for example when you have accused someone of a crime. The burden of proof is on the prosecution. Collocations: additional burden But this too imposes new and additional burdens on top management. MANAGING IN TURBULENT TIMES (1980) Also consider the additional administrative burden of running a company. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The new regulation will put additional burdens on many digital companies. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Now the burden falls on people who cannot afford the huge rises. Times, Sunday Times The burden falls to the rest of us to ensure it never happens again. The Sun The burden falls on central banks. Times, Sunday Times The burden falls on those who inherit. Times, Sunday Times If these wealthy companies avoid paying their fair share, a greater burden falls on other companies and on citizens. Times, Sunday Times Was the burden of expectation worse than the training? Times, Sunday Times Great occasions have for him no negative connotations, none of the usual stuff about pressure and burden of expectation. Times, Sunday Times Both attract plenty of attention for their looks and both face the burden of expectation. Times, Sunday Times A blackout would be an antidote to hysteria, cooling some of the heat on slow starters and easing the burden of expectation on those who had begun well. Times, Sunday Times Well that may have worked in the past but you would fancy plenty in the current crop to buckle under the burden of expectation, rather than be inspired. The Sun His feelings and well-being matter much more than your burden of guilt. The Sun We invented a good many countries, several of which are grateful to us, and should not bear an undue burden of guilt. Times, Sunday Times He also spoke of living 'with the burden of guilt'. Times, Sunday Times The questions which troubled me afterwards were not just about the past and its burden of guilt. Times, Sunday Times He wants to lift the burden of guilt off your shoulders. Christianity Today It also examined 126 measures that increased the burden of regulation. Times, Sunday Times Nor has there been enough progress in the wider efforts to reduce the burden of regulation on business. Times, Sunday Times The coalition has promised to leave office having cut the overall burden of regulation. Times, Sunday Times In areas like the environment, product safety and employee protection, the burden of regulation has increased. Times, Sunday Times The burden of regulation remained among the top three concerns this year after it was mentioned by 59 per cent of respondents, down from 73 per cent last year. Times, Sunday Times Minus that booming boot, the scrum-half will take a greater burden of responsibility upon his shoulders. Times, Sunday Times The burden of responsibility falls on individuals, who can no longer rely on the payouts from generous final-salary schemes or state pensions to fund retirement. Times, Sunday Times Should the players share the burden of responsibility? Times, Sunday Times As mere instructors, they can refuse the burden of responsibility for exemplary personal integrity. Christianity Today Then, as the burden of responsibility and leadership takes hold, form declines. Times, Sunday Times I can't live with this burden of shame and it won't go away. The Sun He told how the attack ruined his childhood and left him carrying a heavy burden of shame. The Sun If introversion and avoidance are commonly maligned traits, aloneness, with which they often keep company, carries a burden of shame. The Times Literary Supplement The burden of taxation, in contrast, can be calculated more easily. Times,Sunday Times A gradual shift in the burden of taxation from income to wealth would be welcome. Times, Sunday Times But easing the burden of taxation on the well-off has the potential to be politically toxic. Times, Sunday Times The results can be remarkable, with the burden of taxation falling increasingly onto 'ordinary folk'. Times, Sunday Times A commitment to gradually shift the burden of taxation away from earnings and towards the businesses, households and products responsible for greenhouse gases and global warming. Times,Sunday Times Some companies carry the great burden of past success, which, paradoxically, makes them less willing to experiment and less perceptive to the changing world. Times, Sunday Times They don't have to carry the burden of the past and can be agile, dextrous and mobile. Times, Sunday Times It insists on burden of the past. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But the signatory countries demonstrated the political will to work out a joint strategy of co-operation and integration while overcoming the burdens of the past. Times, Sunday Times At least the burden rests on broad and sensible shoulders. Times, Sunday Times This burden rests on my shoulders alone. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The whole family burden rests on his shoulders. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But we cannot let her carry this burden on her own. Times, Sunday Times But we also don't want to leave someone to carry a burden alone. Christianity Today My friends started to arrive, all trying to dilute my pain and carry my burden for themselves. Times, Sunday Times You can't look for someone to blame and carry that burden inside you because you're also going to get sick. Times, Sunday Times They don't have to carry the burden of the past and can be agile, dextrous and mobile. Times, Sunday Times As well as the tax, internationally mobile individuals are going to have an increased compliance burden. Times, Sunday Times Compliance burden includes excessive need for compliance time, as well as excessive resources to comply. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 About 89 per cent of respondents said that the complexity of tax rules needed changing and 70 per cent complained of compliance burdens and costs. Times, Sunday Times As always it is the investor who shoulders the cost burden. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Regulation is a very significant cost burden, which is increasing steadily. Times, Sunday Times (2013) There will be heavy cost burden not only to administer the arbitration scheme but to handle each individual case. Times, Sunday Times (2013) So while some firms view maternity pay as a costly burden, the savviest and most successful know it will keep their top talent working for them. The Sun Many had become a costly burden to their owners. Times, Sunday Times He dismissed the overcrowded prison system as an ineffectual and costly burden on the taxpayer that did little to tackle reoffending. Times, Sunday Times Others see it as a costly burden. Times, Sunday Times However, the shed was becoming a costly burden to handle for the museum, so a relocation scheme was started. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The crushing burden of the presidency changed him, she laments. Times, Sunday Times He has also photographed famines, migrations, the entire global effort of human survival beneath the crushing burden of modernity. Times, Sunday Times A famous musical surname can open doors; but it can also be a crushing burden. Times, Sunday Times Sermon preparation went from welcome challenge to crushing burden, but there was a paradox. Christianity Today The semi-regular schedule allowed me to feel the intensity and responsibility of preaching without becoming a crushing burden. Christianity Today Yet it means that a disproportionate burden of local taxation now falls upon the buyers of new homes. Times, Sunday Times The vast majority of those fleeing conflict only make it across one border, placing a disproportionate burden on the world's poorest countries. Times, Sunday Times The appeal committee had sympathy with this argument, saying a ban would represent a 'disproportionate burden' and penalty on the club, their staff and players. Times, Sunday Times The trade body blasted the whole system of business rates as a 'disproportionate burden'. The Sun That obligation had to be interpreted so as not to impose an impossible or disproportionate burden on the authorities. Times, Sunday Times They're robustly built and well padded, but at 94 and 290g a double burden. Times, Sunday Times Last year many private-equity-backed companies, especially in the retail, property and construction sectors, struggled to refinance themselves under the double burden of tough trading conditions and large loan repayments. Times, Sunday Times Writers who promote contemporary figurative painting bear a double burden. The Times Literary Supplement There are a number of constraints in the labor market that contribute to the double burden. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His research, he continued, despite the double burden. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Officials said that it would improve efficiency and transparency as well as easing the burden on an already creaking legal system. Times, Sunday Times (2009) So why not look at more inventive ways of easing the burden? The Sun (2016) Ministers are looking at how to ease the burden of higher electricity prices on energy intensive industry. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The music streaming giant is aiming to ease the burden of a $1bn convertible bond it sold to investors last year. Times, Sunday Times (2017) Considering the economic burden they are now bearing, we cannot impose this on them as well. Times,Sunday Times It has been a great economic burden for a long time to import more than half our fuel. The Sun Experts are calling on the government to ensure that wealthy business people take on an appropriate level of economic burden from the pandemic. Times,Sunday Times Neither was unexpected, and both were motivated partly by anxiety over the economic burden on existing members of further expansion. Times, Sunday Times Money in films would also reduce his economic burden. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Going to court, he said, had five main disadvantages: cost, delay, publicity, uncertainty and the emotional burden. Times, Sunday Times They bear a huge emotional burden and deserve our appreciation. The Sun It's arguable that having so many secrets, even from your own spouse, would saddle those who keep them with an incredible emotional burden. Times, Sunday Times I feel guilty, but resentful that he's placing an emotional burden on me. The Sun And she has found a way to handle the emotional burden. Times, Sunday Times An enormous burden has fallen from my shoulders. Times, Sunday Times Shoulders that, once again, proved broad enough for the enormous burden thrust on them. The Sun Again, that's an enormous burden to place on any relationship, let alone another person. Times, Sunday Times On the contrary, the reconstruction cost also became an enormous burden for the shogunate and contributed to its troubled financial conditions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Reports have shown that borrowers who finished college in the early 1990s were able to maintain managing their student loans without an enormous burden. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We must be careful not to waste taxpayer resources or impose an excessive burden on employers. Times,Sunday Times It puts an excessive burden on future generations. Times, Sunday Times In the present case the secretary of state had taken a number of steps to ensure that the applicant was not required to bear an excessive burden. Times, Sunday Times With online recording and connection to taxation, it should not be an excessive burden. Times, Sunday Times Nonetheless, it puts an extra burden on you. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Any medical complications place an extra burden on the National Health Service when they return. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The extra burden on the taxpayer of building these schools would be £1 billion over five years, or £200 m a year. Times, Sunday Times (2009) A house should be a safe haven - not a financial burden. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Those of working age carry the financial burden of caring for the young and the old through taxation and saving. Times, Sunday Times (2010) He said that his nephew, though very bright, gave up university halfway through because he 'didn't want the financial burden'. Times, Sunday Times (2010) But the state has grown inexorably ever since and with it the fiscal burden on the middle class. Times, Sunday Times The fiscal burden on businesses and households will go up by €2 billion next year, rising to €7.1 billion in 2020. Times, Sunday Times He cries at the unfair fiscal burden on the low-paid in a cartoon. Times, Sunday Times The fiscal burden of protective measures increased, due both to lower receipts from import duties and higher domestic expenditure. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At a 1748 conference of cities, he brought about a revision of 1718 tax rates and a more equitable distribution of fiscal burdens. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's clear that subtraction of blame lifts a great burden from both their hearts and helps them see again their own worth. Christianity Today Carrying painful secrets can be a great burden, and we're often tempted to unload on the wrong person. Christianity Today Some companies carry the great burden of past success, which, paradoxically, makes them less willing to experiment and less perceptive to the changing world. Times, Sunday Times To open up these secrets felt like a great burden had been lifted. Times, Sunday Times It would not be any great burden on good schools to tighten the core curriculum to ensure egregious practices are prevented. Times, Sunday Times Significantly, the burgeoning maintenance costs of over 2,000 miles of new sidepath also became a heavy burden. The Times Literary Supplement (2016) Parents are loading a heavy burden of expectation, and anxieties about getting a job are growing. Times, Sunday Times (2013) This could prove a boon to Spain, which is facing a heavy burden from its banking system. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The announcement lifts a heavy burden from him and ends months of speculation. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Germany has borne a heavy burden for the debt crisis of the eurozone. Times, Sunday Times (2013) It would be a 'huge burden' to report a juror to the judge. Times, Sunday Times Then there's that huge burden of self-loathing to withstand when you realise just how out of condition you have become. Times, Sunday Times That will place a huge burden on the squads to be able to cram in a packed international schedule as well as condensed club demands. The Sun The huge burden on our courts would be lifted: currently, 30 per cent of all non-summary prosecutions are of licence fee evaders. Times, Sunday Times Coupled with plans to take low earners out of tax, it could revolutionise our attitude to work and lift a huge burden from tomorrow's taxpayers. The Sun The additional cost would impose a burden on local government that it simply cannot carry. Times, Sunday Times It says the provincial economy rests on small business and any upward pressure on wages would impose a burden on them. Globe and Mail In practical terms, it would be difficult for the law to do so, as this it would impose a burden on a potentially large and undefined area. Times, Sunday Times All these factors point to imposing the burden of justifying the refusal on the party who refuses to proceed to mediation. Times, Sunday Times I have imposed a burden on him. Christianity Today No wonder so many people take the risk and increase the burden on law-abiding viewers. The Sun In long term policies, there was inevitably the risk of circumstances, unseen when they were written, occurring which would increase the burden of liability. Times, Sunday Times On unilaterally leaving the eurozone, the reduced value of their currency relative to the euro would massively increase the burden of their debts and would grossly aggravate their precarious position. Times, Sunday Times We should look for ways to lighten the load, not increase the burden. Times, Sunday Times This growth will increase the burden on rural councils by an estimated 247 million. Times, Sunday Times I can also understand that there are elderly people who fear becoming an intolerable burden. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Future taxpayers face an intolerable burden of welfare obligations. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Over month after weary month they tried to deal with its intolerable burden. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The number of serious injuries imposes an intolerable burden on public services. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The ombudsman has tweaked its fees to lessen the burden on small companies. Times, Sunday Times Arteries stiffen as we get older and researchers believe flavanols could lessen the burden on the ageing heart. The Sun They will understand exactly how you feel and that will lessen your burden. The Sun But lawyers who act for employers in accident claims back the move, rejecting idea that it would lessen the burden of regulation for bosses. Times, Sunday Times That will lessen the burden to them, and reduce the costs to the environment. Times, Sunday Times Good pastoral care helps lift the burden of these details. Christianity Today He wants to lift the burden of guilt off your shoulders. Christianity Today Yesterday officials admitted this had not been ruled out, but insisted it would simply lift the burden of dealing with largescale developments from councils with limited resources. Times, Sunday Times Lift the burdens and volunteers will reappear without costly 'governmental initiatives'. Times, Sunday Times As his interest in automobiles grew, he also expressed a desire to lift the burden of farming from flesh and blood and place it on steel and motors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Civil cases have a lower burden of proof, with a judge reaching a verdict based on the balance of probabilities. The Sun Civil injunctions, require a much lower burden of proof than do criminal cases. Times, Sunday Times No wigs, less formality, a lower burden of proof, 'findings', not 'verdicts'. Times, Sunday Times The family court requires a lower burden of proof than the criminal court which needs to prove a case beyond reasonable doubt. Times, Sunday Times The government would have a lower burden of proof in a civil case. Houston Chronicle Other lords of the manor face the much more onerous burden of liability for repairs to the chancel of a local church. Times, Sunday Times The sheer complexity of the tax system, which inflicts an onerous burden on companies and individuals, screams out for reform. Times, Sunday Times The memo warns that the levy could create a particularly onerous burden on the bond repurchase market, which involves high volumes of transactions. Times, Sunday Times As well as making more money, they are freed from the onerous burden of corporate-governance rules. Times, Sunday Times Petrol could fall to around 50p per litre, so the overall burden of tax on the road user would be no greater than at present. Times, Sunday Times The overall burden of showing that informed consent was given remained on the solicitor. Times, Sunday Times Tax cuts should be near the top of the agenda anyway, with the overall burden at a 50-year high. The Sun The coalition has promised to leave office having cut the overall burden of regulation. Times, Sunday Times How, with the overall burden already at a 30-year high? The Sun That knowledge will increase the psychological burden on medical staff. Times,Sunday Times Perhaps we cannot bear the psychological burden of acknowledging we have become our own worst enemy. Times, Sunday Times It would place a tremendous psychological burden on patients. Times, Sunday Times I do think that most of the composers whose music has lasted over time have carried some emotional or psychological burden. Times, Sunday Times Yet the psychological burden has not been fully appreciated. Times, Sunday Times The measures are predicated on intrusive surveillance, which will put a burden on business and be disruptive for border communities. Times,Sunday Times They put a burden on all our services. The Sun Today, soaring tax bills have put the burden squarely on the poorest shoulders. The Sun Stopping every so often to put the burden down and shake my arms. Times,Sunday Times All relationships have moments of strain, when the success or failure of one can put a burden on the other. Times, Sunday Times Similar devices are being used by construction workers and airport baggage handlers to reduce the burden of their loads. Times, Sunday Times (2016) There are three ways to reduce the burden of debt in a country. The Global Marketplace (1993) It will mean governments extending tax incentives on saving to reduce the burden on the taxpayer in years to come. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The firm has flourished as the regulatory burden on companies has increased. Times, Sunday Times They soon decided against the costs and regulatory burden involved in a banking start-up, instead setting out to modernise the price comparison website. Times,Sunday Times But there may be something wrong with a system that puts such a large regulatory burden on companies. Times, Sunday Times Already, industry managers privately admit that the increased regulatory burden has made them wary about dealing with anyone considered remotely risky. Times, Sunday Times But in terms of reducing the regulatory burden, we're saying the same thing. Times, Sunday Times He said that if hydrogen-powered lorries became viable in the 2020s, for example, this could relieve the burden on the power sector to cut emissions. Times, Sunday Times Further laws attempted to relieve the burden of debt from plebeians by banning interest on loans. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By doing so, they would at the same time relieve the burden of those who regularly work with their hands. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That was great management because he reduced the thinking and relieved the burden of pressure on his players. Times, Sunday Times During these days of ritual impurity, family and close relatives do not visit others' homes, though neighbors and relatives bring daily meals to relieve the burdens during mourning. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Every department except three will have to share the burden. Times, Sunday Times You have to try as well, where you can, to share the burden without interfering. Times, Sunday Times I'm angry and increasingly resentful because she didn't want to involve me initially but expects me to share the burden. Times, Sunday Times However, as he elaborates, he tells her that even though he still loves her, he can't expect her to share the burden. The Sun Should the players share the burden of responsibility? Times, Sunday Times The Government wants to shift the burden of paying for the railway from taxpayer subsidies. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Critics note that this would not open up new funding streams but would simply shift the tax burden around the system. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The best approach would be to shift the burden of taxes away from income, consumption and employment, and towards property. Times, Sunday Times (2013) If the aim was to raise the cash required to reduce inheritance taxes they should have spread the burden - or been honest about its motives. Times, Sunday Times Both parties argue that it would help to spread the burden of austerity and fund new affordable housing. Times, Sunday Times No such effort was made to spread the burden equally between the generations. Times, Sunday Times So as energy bills rise, an increasing proportion of utility customers are likely to pay more frequently - most typically monthly rather than quarterly - to spread the burden. Times, Sunday Times But the planned reorganisation creates an opportunity to spread the burden of noise pollution more thinly, and therefore more equitably. Times, Sunday Times The court concluded that the availability of other land in the area was a significant factor in determining whether a substantial burden exists. Christianity Today The city argued that the church could not prove the existence of a substantial burden on religious exercise. Christianity Today However, enforcement placed a substantial burden on the city's working-class because smoky bituminous coal was much less expensive than smokeless fuels. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's a terrible burden on a couple. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Alas I have to live with it which is a terrible burden mentally. The Sun (2015) 'I have no son whom I am willing to afflict with the terrible burden,' he is quoted as saying. Consuelo & Alva: Love and Power in the Gilded Age (2005) He won't have to shoulder the total burden of goal-scoring and goalmaking that he has [had to] at previous tournaments. Times, Sunday Times But the total burden on the taxpayer has been 4.5million - which includes housing him in a high-security prison, surveillance and legal bills. The Sun These conditions account for over 60% of the total burden. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It measured long, with a beam of; its total burden was reported as 251 tons. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This can place a tremendous burden on an audience, who risk being left in the dark. Times, Sunday Times And the idea of continuing on in ministry seemed nothing but a tremendous burden. Christianity Today This guy's a young guy who has had a tremendous burden thrown on him early in his career. Globe and Mail For the 1,000 or so townsfolk at that time, this was a tremendous burden. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But when the economy goes sour, they will leave a tremendous burden. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Business groups argue that the cost of greater compulsion will put an unbearable burden on smaller businesses. Times, Sunday Times Without professional help, an unbearable burden of care - and guilt - rests on the family. Times, Sunday Times Humankind has placed an unbearable burden on nature. The Sun Incredulously, he responded that this would entail astonishing self-sacrifice and would be an almost unbearable burden to carry. Times, Sunday Times However, they sometimes place an undue burden on certain demographics-particularly those whose life-work demands are out of the ordinary. Christianity Today However, accountants fear the plans will put an undue burden on businesses. Times, Sunday Times We invented a good many countries, several of which are grateful to us, and should not bear an undue burden of guilt. Times, Sunday Times Nearly all couples enter marriage with idealistic expectations, but couples entering a marriage relationship for the second or third time often assign an undue burden to their spouse. Christianity Today However, routine trials are acceptable and would not be considered undue burden. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But opposing it would mean accusations he wants ordinary workers to bear an unfair burden. The Sun Lobby groups criticised the plans for imposing an unfair burden on households while offering a boon to big business. Times, Sunday Times Student loans are indeed an unfair burden on the young. Times, Sunday Times He said that music artists bear an unfair burden to use their music as a platform because they have the ability to influence more people. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An inequitable taxation system placed an unfair burden on the poorer members of the community. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The system puts an unnecessary burden on the self-employed. Times, Sunday Times They are an unnecessary burden on the council taxpayers. The Sun That approach should enable substantially more organs to be recovered, while removing from distraught families the quite unnecessary burden of a choice that has, in fact, already been made. Times, Sunday Times They also have negative connotations such as being a symbol for an unnecessary burden. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, copyright formalities were viewed as an unnecessary burden on creatorsmostly authors at the end of the 19th century. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Shopkeepers complain that the existing set-up places an unreasonable burden on small traders in prime locations and that it aggravates competition from online retailers. Times, Sunday Times But tax experts say the changes put an 'unreasonable burden' on small businesses. Times, Sunday Times In 1788, for example, they argued that for a substantial portion of those having to pay the tax, the yearly cash demand was an unreasonable burden. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Enshrining veganism in equality law would, moreover, place unreasonable burdens on companies. Times,Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 负担, 使烦恼 Japanese: 荷物, 苦しめる |
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