bear down

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbear down phrasal verb1 bear down on somebody/somethingMOVE/CHANGE POSITION a) to move quickly towards a person or place in a threatening way a storm bearing down on the island b) to behave in a threatening or controlling way towards a person or group Federal regulators have been bearing down on campaign contributors.2 PRESSto use all your strength and effort to push or press down on something → bear→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusbear down on somebody/something• Yussuf bore down on her in a fury.• A stillness which seemed to bear down on her like a physical presence.• These thoughts bear down on me as I sit here on this third night of writing.• His eyes bore down on me out of a somewhat hawklike face, and I immediately became flustered.• The Pequod bears down on the area and comes between the whale and the floundering seamen.• For those who find Christmas suddenly bearing down on them, the build-up to the day is one blur of activity.• Five or six men, horsed, masked and well-armed, burst from a clump of trees and bore down on them.

单词	bear down
释义	bear down From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbear down phrasal verb1 bear down on somebody/somethingMOVE/CHANGE POSITION a) to move quickly towards a person or place in a threatening way a storm bearing down on the island b) to behave in a threatening or controlling way towards a person or group Federal regulators have been bearing down on campaign contributors.2 PRESSto use all your strength and effort to push or press down on something → bear→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusbear down on somebody/something• Yussuf bore down on her in a fury.• A stillness which seemed to bear down on her like a physical presence.• These thoughts bear down on me as I sit here on this third night of writing.• His eyes bore down on me out of a somewhat hawklike face, and I immediately became flustered.• The Pequod bears down on the area and comes between the whale and the floundering seamen.• For those who find Christmas suddenly bearing down on them, the build-up to the day is one blur of activity.• Five or six men, horsed, masked and well-armed, burst from a clump of trees and bore down on them.
随便看	liberal end your life/end it all end zone end-of-season sale end-of-year end-to-end end-user end/final/net result end/finish/begin etc (something) on a high note end/lift/raise a siege Enda endanger endangered ende ende endear endear somebody to somebody endear to endear yourself to endear yourself to somebody endearing endearing qualities etc endearing qualities/traits etc endearing traits etc endearment