burden

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT If you describe a problem or a responsibility as a burden, you mean that it causes someone a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work. 負擔
The developing countries bear the burden of an enormous external debt. 發(fā)展中國家背負著巨額外債的負擔。
Her death will be an impossible burden on Paul. 她的去世會成爲保羅難以承受的負擔。
2. N-COUNT A burden is a heavy load that is difficult to carry. 重負[正式]
...African women carrying burdens on their heads. …頭頂重物的非洲婦女。
3. V-T If someone burdens you with something that is likely to worry you, for example, a problem or a difficult decision, they tell you about it. 使煩惱
We decided not to burden him with the news. 我們決定不拿這個消息去煩他。
4. N a line of words recurring at the end of each verse of a ballad or similar song; chorus or refrain 曡句

The war had put an insupportable financial burden on the country .
The irony of it is that the new tax system will burden those it was intended to help .
A huge burden was lifted from my shoulders when I told my parents about my problem .
Such a high increase will impose an undue burden on the local tax payer .
Not until this turbulent region can shuffle off the burdens of the past will it be able to settle peacefully into the community of nations .