bear

英 [beə(r)]

美 [ber]

v.  承受; 忍受; 不适于某事(或做某事); 承担责任
n.  熊; (在证券市场等)卖空的人

过去分词：born　现在分词：bearing　过去式：bore　第三人称单数：bears　复数：bears　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.1 / BNC.1065 / COCA.1619

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短语动词

短语用例

bear down on sb/sth

• 冲向；咄咄逼近
  to move quickly towards sb/sth in a determined or threatening way
• 施加压力于；压住
  to press on sb/sth
  1. The pain was almost more than he could bear.
     这种痛苦几乎使他无法忍受。
  2. She couldn't bear the thought of losing him.
     失去他的情况她想都不敢想。
  3. I can't bear having cats in the house.
     家里有猫我可受不了。
  4. How can you bear to eat that stuff?
     你怎么吃得下那种东西？
  5. He can't bear being laughed at.
     他无法忍受遭人嘲笑。
  6. He can't bear to be laughed at.
     他无法忍受遭人嘲笑。

bear on sth

• 和（某事物）有关；涉及
  to relate to sth
  1. Her later work does not bear comparison with her earlier novels (= because it is not nearly as good) .
     她后期的作品比不上她早期的小说。
  2. The plan won't bear close inspection (= it will be found to be unacceptable when carefully examined) .
     这项计划经不起仔细审查。
  3. The joke doesn't bear repeating (= because it is not funny or may offend people) .
     这个笑话不可说第二遍（因为不好笑或可能得罪人）。
  4. His sufferings don't bear thinking about (= because they are so terrible) .
     他遭受的苦难不堪回首。

bear sb/sth↔out

• 证实；为…作证
  to show that sb is right or that sth is true
  1. She bore the responsibility for most of the changes.
     她对大多数变革负责。
  2. Do parents have to bear the whole cost of tuition fees?
     父母是否应当负担全部学费？
  3. You shouldn't have to bear the blame for other people's mistakes.
     你不应该非得代人受过。

bear up (against/under sth)

• 保持振作；承受；挺住
  to remain as cheerful as possible during a difficult time
  1. He bears no resentment towards them.
     他对他们毫无怨恨。
  2. She bore him no ill will .
     她对他没有恶意。
  3. He's borne a grudge against me ever since that day.
     从那一天起他便对我怀恨在心。
  4. He's borne me a grudge ever since that day.
     从那一天起他便对我怀恨在心。

bear with sb/sth

• 耐心对待；容忍
  to be patient with sb/sth
  1. The ice is too thin to bear your weight.
     冰太薄，承受不住你的重量。

习惯用语

v.

bear arms
• 当兵；打仗
  to be a soldier; to fight
bear fruit
• 成功；取得成果
  to have a successful result
bear hard, heavily, severely, etc. on sb
• 使为难；使受苦；压迫
  to be a cause of difficulty or suffering to sb
• Taxation bears heavily on us all.
  赋税给我们大家带来沉重的负担。
be borne in on sb
• （逐渐被某人）认识到
  to be realized by sb, especially after a period of time
• It was gradually borne in on us that defeat was inevitable.
  我们逐渐认识到，失败是不可避免的。
bring sth to bear (on sb/sth)
• 把精力用于；对…施加压力（或影响等）
  to use energy, pressure, influence, etc. to try to achieve sth or make sb do sth
• We must bring all our energies to bear upon the task.
  我们必须全力以赴不辱使命。
• Pressure was brought to bear on us to finish the work on time.
  我们得按时完成工作，没有回旋余地。
bear, take, etc. the brunt of sth
• 承受某事的主要压力；首当其冲
  to receive the main force of sth unpleasant
• Schools will bear the brunt of cuts in government spending.
  政府削减开支，学校将首当其冲受到影响。
have a (heavy) cross to bear
• 有本难念的经；有苦难要忍受
  to have a difficult problem that makes you worried or unhappy but that you have to deal with
• We all have our crosses to bear.
  家家有本难念的经。
grin and bear it
• 默默忍受；苦笑着忍受
  to accept pain, disappointment or a difficult situation without complaining
• There's nothing we can do about it. We'll just have to grin and bear it.
  对此我们无能为力，只好默默地忍受。
bear/keep sb/sth in mindbear/keep in mind that…
• 将…记在心中；记起；考虑
  to remember sb/sth; to remember or consider that…
bear/give witness (to sth)
• 为…作证；证明
  to provide evidence of the truth of sth

n.

like a bear with a sore head
• 急性子；脾气暴躁
  bad-tempered or in a bad-tempered way

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verb

承受；应付 accept/deal with
• 承受；忍受
  to be able to accept and deal with sth unpleasant
  1. The pain was almost more than he could bear.
     这种痛苦几乎使他无法忍受。
  2. She couldn't bear the thought of losing him.
     失去他的情况她想都不敢想。
  3. I can't bear having cats in the house.
     家里有猫我可受不了。
  4. How can you bear to eat that stuff?
     你怎么吃得下那种东西？
  5. He can't bear being laughed at.
     他无法忍受遭人嘲笑。
  6. He can't bear to be laughed at.
     他无法忍受遭人嘲笑。
不合适 not be suitable
• 不适于某事（或做某事）
  to not be suitable for sth
  1. Her later work does not bear comparison with her earlier novels (= because it is not nearly as good) .
     她后期的作品比不上她早期的小说。
  2. The plan won't bear close inspection (= it will be found to be unacceptable when carefully examined) .
     这项计划经不起仔细审查。
  3. The joke doesn't bear repeating (= because it is not funny or may offend people) .
     这个笑话不可说第二遍（因为不好笑或可能得罪人）。
  4. His sufferings don't bear thinking about (= because they are so terrible) .
     他遭受的苦难不堪回首。
负责 be responsible for sth
• 承担责任
  to take responsibility for sth
  1. She bore the responsibility for most of the changes.
     她对大多数变革负责。
  2. Do parents have to bear the whole cost of tuition fees?
     父母是否应当负担全部学费？
  3. You shouldn't have to bear the blame for other people's mistakes.
     你不应该非得代人受过。
坏心情 negative feeling
• 心怀（感情，尤指坏心情）
  to have a feeling, especially a negative feeling
  1. He bears no resentment towards them.
     他对他们毫无怨恨。
  2. She bore him no ill will .
     她对他没有恶意。
  3. He's borne a grudge against me ever since that day.
     从那一天起他便对我怀恨在心。
  4. He's borne me a grudge ever since that day.
     从那一天起他便对我怀恨在心。
支撑重量 support weight
• 支撑；承受（重量）
  to support the weight of sb/sth
  1. The ice is too thin to bear your weight.
     冰太薄，承受不住你的重量。
显示 show
• 显示；带有
  to show sth; to carry sth so that it can be seen
  1. The document bore her signature.
     文件上有她的签字。
  2. He was badly wounded in the war and still bears the scars.
     他在战争中负了重伤，现在还留有伤疤。
  3. She bears little resemblance to (= is not much like) her mother.
     她很不像她的母亲。
  4. The title of the essay bore little relation to (= was not much connected with) the contents.
     这篇文章的题目与内容很不相符。
名称 name
• 有（某个名称）
  to have a particular name
  1. a family that bore an ancient and honoured name
     名门世家
携带 carry
• 携带
  to carry sb/sth, especially while moving
  1. three kings bearing gifts
     三个带着礼品的国王
自身 yourself
• 举止；表现
  to move, behave or act in a particular way
  1. He bears himself (= stands, walks, etc.) proudly, like a soldier.
     他举手投足傲气十足，像个军人。
  2. She bore herself with dignity throughout the funeral.
     整个葬礼过程中她都保持着尊严。
孩子 child
• 生（孩子）
  to give birth to a child
  1. She was not able to bear children.
     她不能生育。
  2. She had borne him six sons.
     她为他生了六个儿子。
树木花草 of trees/plants
• 开（花）；结（果实）
  to produce flowers or fruit
转向 turn
• 转向（左或北等）
  to go or turn in the direction mentioned
  1. When you get to the fork in the road, bear right.
     走到岔道时向右拐。

noun

• 熊
  a heavy wild animal with thick fur and sharp claws (= pointed parts on the ends of its feet). There are many types of bear .
  1. a black bear
     黑熊
• （在证券市场等）卖空的人
  a person who sells shares in a company, etc., hoping to buy them back later at a lower price

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VERB USE 动词用法

• VERB 抬；背负；负载；驮
  If youbearsomething somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
  1. They bore the oblong hardwood box into the kitchen and put it on the table.
     他们把那个长方形的硬木箱抬进厨房，放到桌上。
• VERB 持有；携带
  If youbearsomething such as a weapon, you hold it or carry it with you.
  1. ...the constitutional right to bear arms.
     宪法规定的携带武器的权利
• VERB 承载；支撑
  If one thingbearsthe weight of something else, it supports the weight of that thing.
  1. The ice was not thick enough to bear the weight of marching men.
     冰不够厚，承载不了行军队伍的重量。
• VERB 带有（某种标记或特征）
  If somethingbearsa particular mark or characteristic, it has that mark or characteristic.
  1. The houses bear the marks of bullet holes.
     房子上散布着弹孔。
  2. ...note paper bearing the Presidential seal...
     盖有总统印章的便笺
  3. ...a corporation he owned that bore his name...
     他所拥有的一家以他名字命名的公司
  4. The room bore all the signs of a violent struggle.
     这个房间留有激烈打斗的痕迹。
• VERB 忍受，容忍，忍耐（不愉快经历）
  If youbearan unpleasant experience, you accept it because you are unable to do anything about it.
  1. They will have to bear the misery of living in constant fear of war...
     他们不得不忍受长期生活在战争恐惧中的痛苦。
  2. He bore his sufferings manfully.
     他勇敢地面对苦难。
• VERB 接受，容忍（某人或某物）
  If you can'tbearsomeone or something, you dislike them very much.
  1. I can't bear people who make judgements and label me...
     我讨厌人们对我品头论足。
  2. I can't bear having to think what I'm going to say...
     我不愿意考虑将要说什么话。
  3. He can't bear to talk about it, even to me.
     他不想和别人谈论这件事，哪怕对我也是一样。
• VERB 负担（开支）；承担（费用）
  If someonebearsthe cost of something, they pay for it.
  1. Patients should not have to bear the costs of their own treatment.
     病人不应该自己承担治疗费用。
• VERB 承担（责任）；负（责）
  If youbearthe responsibility for something, you accept responsibility for it.
  1. If a woman makes a decision to have a child alone, she should bear that responsibility alone.
     如果一个女人决定独自抚养孩子，她就必须独自承担所有责任。
• VERB 带有，具有（相似之处）；有（关系等）
  If one thingbearsno resemblance or no relationship to another thing, they are not at all similar.
  1. Their daily menus bore no resemblance whatsoever to what they were actually fed...
     他们每天的食谱和他们实际吃到的东西完全不同。
  2. For many software packages, the price bears little relation to cost.
     对于很多软件包来说，价钱和成本没有什么联系。
• VERB 开（花）；结（果）
  When a plant or treebearsflowers, fruit, or leaves, it produces them.
  1. As the plants grow and start to bear fruit they will need a lot of water.
     当植物生长并开始结果的时候，它们需要大量的水。
• VERB 带有，产生（利息等）
  If something such as a bank account or an investmentbearsinterest, interest is paid on it.
  1. The eight-year bond will bear annual interest of 10.5%.
     这种8年期的债券年利率为10.5%。
• VERB 生（孩子）；生育
  When a womanbearsa child, she gives birth to him or her.
  1. Emma bore a son called Karl...
     埃玛生了个儿子叫卡尔。
  2. She bore him a daughter, Suzanna.
     她给他生了个女儿，苏珊娜。
• VERB 怀有（某种感情）
  If youbearsomeone a feeling such as love or hate, you feel that emotion towards them.
  1. She bore no ill will. If people didn't like her, too bad...
     她没有恶意。如果人们不喜欢她，那就太糟糕了。
  2. I have lived with him on the best terms and bear him friendship.
     我跟他住在一起，相处得非常不错，我把他当好朋友。
• VERB 举止；表现
  If youbear yourselfin a particular way, you move or behave in that way.
  1. There was elegance and simple dignity in the way he bore himself.
     他举止优雅而庄重。
• VERB 向（左或右）转
  If youbearleft orbearright when you are driving or walking along, you turn and continue in that direction.
  1. Go left onto the A107 and bear left into Seven Sisters Road.
     向左驶入A107号公路,然后左转进七姐妹路。
• See also:boreborne
• PHRASE 用…处理；用…应对
  If youbringsomethingto bear ona situation, you use it to deal with that situation.
  1. British scientists have brought computer science to bear on this problem.
     英国的科学家们已经应用计算机科学来解决这个问题。
• PHRASE 对…施加（影响、压力等）
  If youbringpressure or influenceto bear onsomeone, you use it to try and persuade them to do something.
  1. His companions brought pressure to bear on him, urging him to stop wasting money.
     他的伙伴们给他施加压力，劝他不要再浪费钱。
• tobear the brunt of→ see:brunt

NOUN USES 名词用法

• See also:polar bearteddy bear
• （对股市行情）看跌的人
  On the stock market,bearsare people who sell shares in expectation of a drop in price, in order to make a profit by buying them back again after a short time.

双语例句

• You have to bring some pressure to bear on him.
  你们要对他施加一些压力。
• Patients should not have to bear the costs of their own treatment.
  病人不应该自己承担治疗费用。
• The ice was not thick enough to bear the weight of marching men.
  冰不够厚，承载不了行军队伍的重量。
• I bear you no malice.
  我对你毫无恶意。
• I can't bear this scent.
  这气味我受不了。
• I can't bear people who make judgements and label me
  我讨厌人们对我品头论足。
• Emma bore a son called Karl
  埃玛生了个儿子叫卡尔。
• He can't bear to talk about it, even to me.
  他不想和别人谈论这件事，哪怕对我也是一样。
• There was elegance and simple dignity in the way he bore himself.
  他举止优雅而庄重。
• I bear him no grudge.
  我对他没有任何怨恨情绪。