millstone

英 [ˈmɪlstəʊn]

美 [ˈmɪlstoʊn]

n. 磨石; 磨盘

复数：millstones　

BNC.21046 / COCA.29411

习惯用语

a millstone around/round your neck

难以摆脱的沉重负担
a difficult problem or responsibility that it seems impossible to solve or get rid of
My debts are a millstone around my neck.
债务成了我难以摆脱的负担。

noun

磨石；磨盘
one of two flat round stones used, especially in the past, to crush grain to make flour

磨石；磨盘
Amillstoneis a large, flat, round stone which is one of a pair of stones used to grind grain into flour.
PHRASE 重担;重负;累赘
If you describe something asa millstoneora millstone aroundyourneck, you mean that it is a very unpleasant problem or responsibility that you cannot escape from.
1. For today's politicians, the treaty is becoming a millstone...
  对于今天的政客而言，这个条约正在变成一个包袱。
2. That contract proved to be a millstone around his neck.
  那个合同结果成了他的一个负担。

noun

one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain
any load that is difficult to carry
(figurative) something that hinders or handicaps
1. she was an albatross around his neck
Synonym:albatross

The lower millstone grinds as well as the upper.
低磨高磨，一样可以磨。
The most ancient millstone was unearthed just nearby.
附近曾经出土过最古老的石磨盘。
Mk.9:42 And whoever stumbles one of these little ones who believe into Me, it is better for him if a great millstone is placed around his neck and he is thrown into the sea.
可九42凡绊跌一个信入我的小子的，倒不如把大磨石套在他的脖子上，把他扔在海里。
He's between the upper and nether millstone.
他深受上下夹攻。
Her lazy husband is a millstone round her neck.
她的懒丈夫成了她的一个包袱。
This jobis a millstone around my neck.
这个工作简直对我是一种负担。
Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea
一支强大的天使，然后拿起一个大磨盘巨石的大小和扔到海里它
That mortgage has been like a millstone round my neck.
那笔抵押借款像是套在我脖子上的沉重负担。
Nor shall you take as a pledge any person's life, for to do so is to take upon yourself both a mill and a millstone.
你也不需要对任何人的生活做保证，因为这样只不过是让你自己徒增磨难和重担。
It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
就是把磨石拴在这人的颈项上、丢在海里、还强如他把这小子里的一个绊倒了。