burden

n. 负担, 重载, 担子, 责任
vt. 装货于, 烦扰, 使负担
【经】 制造费用, 负嗬, 载货量

动词过去式:burdened 过去分词:burdened 现在分词:burdening 第三人称单数:burdens 

burden

n.（名词）
Something that is carried.
担子：背负的东西


Something that is emotionally difficult to bear.
感情负担：使人感情上难以承受的东西
A source of great worry or stress; weight:
负担，重任：担忧或压抑的源泉；重负：
例句：
The burden of economic sacrifice rests on the workers of the plant.
经济上做出牺牲的负担落到工厂的工人们身上

A responsibility or duty:
责任，义务：
例句：
The burden of organizing the campaign fell to me.
组织这次活动的责任落到了我头上

Nautical
【航海】
The amount of cargo that a vessel can carry.
负载：船能够负载货物的数量
The weight of the cargo carried by a vessel at one time.
负载量，吨位：船一次可以装载货物的重量
v.tr.（及物动词）
bur.dened,bur.den.ing,bur.dens
To weigh down; oppress.
重压；压抑
To load or overload.
装载或超载

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old English byrthen * see bher-
源自 古英语 byrthen *参见 bher-

<参考词汇><同义词>burden,affliction,cross,trial,tribulationThe central meaning shared by these nouns is .something that is onerous or troublesome.:
这些名词的中心意思是.繁重或麻烦的事情.：
例句：
the burden of a guilty conscience;
犯罪意识的重负；

例句：
indebtedness that is an affliction;
一种不幸的负债；

例句：
illness that is her cross;
她的毛病是脾气暴躁；

例句：
sitting still, a trial to the very young;
长期地坐着，令这个年轻人很伤脑筋；

例句：
domestic tribulations.
家庭负担。


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burden
burden 2

n.（名词）
A principal or recurring idea; a theme:
主题，主旨：主要的或反复出现的思想；主题：
例句：
.The burden of what he said was to defend enthusiastically the conservative aristocracy.(J.A. Froude)See Synonyms at substance
.他所说的主题是热衷地保护守旧的贵族.(J.A.弗劳德)参见 substance

Music
【音乐】
The chorus or refrain of a composition.
副歌：歌曲中的副歌或叠句
The drone of a bagpipe.
苏格兰风笛的低音部分
Archaic The bass accompaniment to a song.
【古语】 歌曲的低音伴奏

来源：
Variant of bourdon
bourdon的变体