英语词汇“weigh down”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. phrasal verb

If something that you are wearing or carrying weighs you down, it stops you moving easily by making you heavier.

He took off his shoes. If they had to swim, he didn't want anything weighing himdown. [VERB noun PARTICLE]

These nests increase in size each year, and can eventually weigh down the branch. [VERB PARTICLE noun]

...soldiers weighed down by their heavy packs. [VERB-ed PARTICLE]

2. phrasal verb

If you are weighed down by something, it makes you extremely worried or causes you great problems.

The merchant bank is being weighed down by a £1.3 billion book of bad debts. [be V-ed by/with n]

...the depression that weighed him down each morning. [VERB noun PARTICLE]

weighed down graded adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]

I was too weighed down by guilt to eat the sweet.

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释义	Trends of weigh down View usage for: weigh down 1. phrasal verb If something that you are wearing or carrying weighs you down, it stops you moving easily by making you heavier. He took off his shoes. If they had to swim, he didn't want anything weighing himdown. [VERB noun PARTICLE] These nests increase in size each year, and can eventually weigh down the branch. [VERB PARTICLE noun] ...soldiers weighed down by their heavy packs. [VERB-ed PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb If you are weighed down by something, it makes you extremely worried or causes you great problems. The merchant bank is being weighed down by a £1.3 billion book of bad debts. [be V-ed by/with n] ...the depression that weighed him down each morning. [VERB noun PARTICLE] weighed down graded adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] I was too weighed down by guilt to eat the sweet. More Synonyms of weigh down See full dictionary entry for weigh weigh down in British English verb (adverb) to press (a person) down by or as if by weight his troubles weighed him down weigh down in American English 1. to make bend downward as with added weight 2. to burden or bear down on so as to oppress or depress See full dictionary entry for weigh Examples of 'weigh down' in a sentence weigh down They were looking for the odd escudo to weigh down the damp pockets creeping up their thighs. Robert Wilson THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002) Duplicates of applications and identification papers weigh down my hands. Erdrich, Louise THE BINGO PALACE (1994) Chinese translation of 'weigh down' weigh down vt (physically) 压(壓)垮 (yākuǎ) (with worry, problems) to be weighed down with or by sth 深受某事重压(壓)之苦 (shēnshòu mǒushì zhòngyā zhī kǔ) See weigh Nearby words of weigh down weekly weep weigh weigh down weigh out weigh up weight Related terms of weigh down weigh up weigh out
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