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

• Does Suffering weigh down your might?
  苦难让你威力大减吗？
• 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。
• This tells half the story: the eurozone crisis shows how financial markets can weigh down on deeply rooted political cultures.
  这话说对了一半：欧元区危机向我们展示出，金融市场如何能够压垮根深蒂固的政治文化。
• By choosing to let go of the past, we can sweep out all the ashes that weigh us down and subtly affect every aspect of our health, our relationships, and our peace of mind.
  选择放手过去，我们可以扫去那些重压在身上的尘埃。这些尘埃微妙地影响着我们的健康、人际关系和内心的宁静，可以说影响我们生活中的每一个方面。
• 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 monotony of my life here was really starting to weigh me down.
  在这里单调的生活真的开始把我拖垮了。
• Accordingly, lenders may cut back on credit, a move that could further weigh down the sputtering economy.
  因此，放款人可能削减信贷，此举可能进一步压制过热经济。
• If you weigh yourself down you'll get very tired.
  如果背得过重，你就会感到很累的。
• We need to focus on those things that build us up, not weigh us down with unattainable ideals.
  我们需要集中精力于自身具备的东西，而不要为了难以达到的理想境界而过分忧虑。
• The presents weigh down the branches of the Christmas tree.
  礼物把圣诞树枝坠弯了。