weigh down

英 [weɪ daʊn]

美 [weɪ daʊn]

使负荷太重; 压得…行动不便

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 使负荷太重;压得…行动不便
  If something that you are wearing or carryingweighsyoudown, it stops you moving easily by making you heavier.
  1. He took off his shoes. If they had to swim, he didn't want anything weighing him down...
     他脱下了鞋。如果他们不得不游泳的话，他不想让任何东西成为负担。
  2. These nests increase in size each year, and can eventually weigh down the branch.
     这些巢每年都在变大，最终可能会把树枝压弯。
  3. ...soldiers weighed down by their heavy packs.
     背着沉重背包的士兵们
• PHRASAL VERB 使烦恼;使焦虑
  If youare weighed down bysomething, it makes you extremely worried or causes you great problems.
  1. The merchant bank is being weighed down by a £1.3 billion book of bad debts.
     这家商业银行因13亿英镑的呆账而忧心忡忡。
  2. ...the depression that weighed him down each morning.
     每天早上困扰他的沮丧情绪

英英释义

verb

• exert a force with a heavy weight
  1. The snow bore down on the roof
  Synonym:drag downbear downbear down onpress down on
• be oppressive or disheartening to
  Synonym:weigh on

双语例句

• He took off his shoes. If they had to swim, he didn't want anything weighing him down
  他脱下了鞋。如果他们不得不游泳的话，他不想让任何东西成为负担。
• His years weigh him down.
  年岁使他衰颓。
• Does Suffering weigh down your might?
  苦难让你威力大减吗？
• Their evil actions are certain to weigh down heavily on them, and they will find that Allah's forgiveness is not forthcoming in this case.
  他们的恶行会重重地压在他们身上，他们会发现安拉的宽恕不会在此事上来临。
• A ball of lead will weigh down an equal bulk of feathers.
  一个铅球要比同样大小的羽毛团重。
• To be honest,⑦ the monotony of my life here was really starting to weigh me down, so a change will recharge not only my professional life, but my life in general.
  老实说，在这里单调的生活真的开始把我拖垮了，因此改变一下不但能为我的职场生活还能为我的正常生活充充电。
• The merchant bank is being weighed down by a £ 1.3 billion book of bad debts.
  这家商业银行因13亿英镑的呆账而忧心忡忡。
• The presents weigh down the branches of the Christmas tree.
  礼物把圣诞树枝坠弯了。
• Words have no tangible weight, but careless remarks would heavily weigh down people's heart.
  话语称起来不重，但稍一不慎，却会重重地压到别人的心。
• Don't let the process overwhelm you or weigh you down.
  不要让找工作将你压得喘不外气或打垮你。