1responsibility/worry責任;擔憂ADJECTIVE | VERB + BURDEN | BURDEN + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤enormous, great, heavy, huge, onerous, significant, substantial, terrible, tremendous重負◇The need to protect the nation places a heavy burden on the shoulders of state leaders.保衞國家是壓在國家領導人肩上的重任。◇The war was a huge burden on the economy.這場戰爭給經濟帶來巨大負擔。➤crippling, crushing, intolerable無法承受的負擔➤undue, unfair過度的/不公平的負擔➤added, additional, extra額外的負擔➤increased增加的負擔▸➤administrative, debt, economic, emotional, financial, regulatory, tax行政/債務/經濟/感情/財政/管理/稅務負擔VERB + BURDEN➤bear, carry承受負擔◇The manager carries the greatest burden of responsibility.經理擔當的責任最大。➤assume, shoulder, take on承擔責任;肩負責任◇She had to shoulder the burden of childcare.她不得不擔起照顧孩子的重擔。➤impose, place, put加負擔於◇His illness placed an intolerable burden on his family.他的病給家庭帶來了無法承受的負擔。➤create產生負擔➤be, become是負擔;成為負擔➤feel感到負擔◇He was beginning to feel a burden to his family.他開始覺得自己對家人是個累贅。➤increase增加負擔▸➤ease, lessen, lighten, reduce, relieve減輕負擔▸➤lift, remove, take解除/去掉/承受負擔◇The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必須解除地方政府的行政負擔。➤shift轉移重擔◇plans to shift the burden of taxation onto larger companies將稅負轉移給較大公司的計劃➤share分擔負擔◇I need to share my burden with someone.我需要其他人來分擔我的重負。BURDEN + VERB➤fall on sb/sth負擔落在⋯上◇The economic burden falls mainly on businesses.經濟負擔主要落在各家企業頭上。PREPOSITION➤burden for給⋯的負擔◇a burden for the whole family帶給全家人的負擔➤burden of⋯的負擔◇the burden of high taxation重稅的負擔◇She carried a huge burden of guilt for what she had done.她對自己的所作所為深感內疚。➤burden on, burden upon加在⋯上的負擔◇Reducing taxes would ease the financial burden on families.減稅將會減輕家庭的經濟負擔。➤burden to對⋯的負擔◇She felt she was a burden to her parents.她感覺自己是父母的負擔。PHRASES➤the burden of proof (= the responsibility of proving that sth is true) (law法律) 舉證責任◇The burden of proof falls on the prosecution: the accused is presumed innocent until proved guilty.舉證責任在控方:除非被證實有罪,否則就假定被告無罪。➤have a burden on your shoulders肩負重擔◇He has the burden of a large family on his shoulders.他肩負着養活一大家子人的重擔。➤the burden of doing sth做⋯的重任➤lift the burden from sb's shoulders, take the burden off sb's shoulders解除某人肩上的重擔burden
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2heavy load重負VERB + BURDEN | PHRASESVERB + BURDEN➤carry帶着重負◇The women carried their burdens on their backs.那些女人背負重物。➤pick up拿起重物▸➤lay down, put down放下重物PHRASES➤a beast of burden役畜