burden什么意思

burden的意思是负担；重担；负荷；担子；包袱。

burden可以用作名词：burden用作名词的基本意思是“重负”,指某人或某事在人的心中形成的负担，含有“沉重的”或“额外的”意味。用于比喻时可指难以承担的职责、义务、责任等。burden常与介词of连用,表示“要点,要旨”,其谓语动词一般用单数形式。

burden用作名词的用法例句：

The burden on his back seemed to be crushing him to the earth.

他背上的重负似乎要把他压倒在地。

People on high incomes face a huge tax burden.

高收入的人面临着沉重的纳税负担。

The burden of organizing the campaign fell to me.

组织这次活动的责任落到了我头上。

双语例句：

1、The burden grew heavier in her heart and she lost her appetite, and got paler and paler.

她心里的负担越来越重，她失去了食欲，脸色越来越苍白。

2、The developing countries bear the burden of an enormous external debt.

发展中国家背负着巨额外债的负担。

3、They have been looking to trust companies in particular to trim their balance sheets and lessen their regulatory burden.

他们一直指望着给那些努力削减其资产负债表的信托公司放贷,减轻其监管负担。

4、A burden was taken off the South by the loss of that Vietnam War.

越南战争的失败减轻了南方的负担。

5、Every time you can't decide，you burden yourself with alternatives.

每次你无法做出决定时，你就给自己增加了选择的负担。