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

单词

burden

释义

noun | verb

burdenburden1 /ˈbɚdn/ ●●○ noun [countable usually singular]

ETYMOLOGYburden¹

Origin: Old English byrthen

COLLOCATIONS► the tax burden

We need to reduce the tax burden of middle-income Americans.

► be a burden on

I don’t want to be a burden on my children when I’m old (=don’t want my children to have the responsibility of caring for me).

► carry/bear the burden

Women still bear the main burden of childcare.

► assume/shoulder a burden

Why should the taxpayer shoulder the burden of this program?

► ease/lighten/relieve the burden

The new system will ease the burden on busy teachers.

► tax/debt/financial etc. burden

ways of relieving the tax burden on new companies

1a situation or task that you are responsible for, which is very difficult or worrying: Running the business alone has been a huge burden. We need to reduce the tax burden of middle-income Americans. I don’t want to be a burden on my children when I’m old (=don’t want my children to have the responsibility of caring for me).carry/bear the burden Women still bear the main burden of childcare.assume/shoulder a burden Why should the taxpayer shoulder the burden of this program?ease/lighten/relieve the burden The new system will ease the burden on busy teachers.2responsibility for paying a large amount of money: burden of countries struggling with a burden of debttax/debt/financial etc. burden ways of relieving the tax burden on new companies3the burden of proof law the duty to prove that something is true4formal something that is carried SYN load [Origin: Old English byrthen] → see also beast of burden

noun | verb

burdenburden2 verb

VERB TABLE

burden

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	burden
	he, she, it	burdens
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	burdened
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have burdened
	he, she, it	has burdened
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had burdened
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will burden
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have burdened

Continuous Form
Present	I	am burdening
	he, she, it	is burdening
	you, we, they	are burdening
Past	I, he, she, it	was burdening
	you, we, they	were burdening
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been burdening
	he, she, it	has been burdening
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been burdening
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be burdening
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been burdening

1[transitive] to give someone a lot of problems or responsibility: burden somebody with something I didn’t want to burden her with my worries.be burdened by/with something The company is burdened by debt. → see also unburden2be burdened with something to be carrying something heavy: The man, burdened with grocery bags, had trouble walking up the steps.

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