| 单词 | burden |
| 释义 | burden burden /; AmE / noun, verb
■ noun [C]
1 a duty, responsibility, etc. that causes difficulty or hard work: Business customers will bear most of the burden of the rise in postage rates.
❖ to bear/carry a burden ◆ to cut/ease/lighten/reduce/relieve a burden
2 the fact of having to pay an amount of money; the amount of money that you owe: concern about the burden of debt being taken on by households The government has promised to cut the tax burden on business. SYN LOAD
a debt/tax burden ◆ to cut/ease/reduce the burden ◆ to take on a burden
■ verb [+ obj] (often be burdened) to give sb a duty, responsibility, etc. that causes difficulty or hard work: The company is burdened with debts of over $10 million. Foreign companies have been burdened by high taxation. |
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