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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Nor do we want the burdens of nanny-state paternalism that now weigh down many economies in Europe.
  同时，我们也不希望澳大利亚背上沉重的社保负担，保姆式家长主义拖垮了欧洲许多经济体。
• 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。
• As homes are built further away from city centres, they weigh down average reported prices.
  由于如今新建房屋距离市中心更远，因此拉低了总体的平均报价。
• Dump things that weigh you down emotionally and spiritually.
  ⑩卸下那些情绪和精神上的负担吧。
• The hair is silky, natural, and healthy, no weigh down.
  头发柔顺、自然、健康，没有坠重感。