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1. Oxford Dictionary

   burden

   • IPA[ˈbəːdn]

   英式

   • n.
     a load, typically a heavy one.；a duty or misfortune that causes worry, hardship, or distress
   • v.
     load heavily；cause (someone) worry, hardship, or distress

   • noun: burden, plural noun: burdens

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a load, typically a heavy one. 同義詞 load, cargo, freight, weight, charge, ... 更多pack, bundle, parcel
   • ▪ a duty or misfortune that causes worry, hardship, or distress the tax burden on low-wage earners 同義詞 responsibility, onus, charge, duty, obligation, ... 更多liability, trouble, care, problem, worry, anxiety, tribulation, affliction, trial, difficulty, misfortune, strain, stress, encumbrance, millstone, cross to bear, albatross, archaiccumber
   • ▪ the main responsibility for achieving a specified aim or task the burden of establishing that the authority had misused its powers rests upon the prosecution
   • ▪ a ship's carrying capacity; tonnage the schooner Wyoming, of about 6,000 tons burden
   • 2. the main theme or gist of a speech, book, or argument. 同義詞 gist, substance, drift, implication, intention, ... 更多thrust, meaning, significance, signification, sense, essence, thesis, import, purport, tenor, message, spirit
   • 3. archaic the refrain or chorus of a song.

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. load heavily she walked forwards burdened with a wooden box 同義詞 load, weight, charge, weigh down, encumber, ... 更多hamper, overload, overburden, raretrammel
   • ▪ cause (someone) worry, hardship, or distress they were not yet burdened with adult responsibility 同義詞 oppress, trouble, cause trouble to, cause suffering to, worry, ... 更多beset, bother, harass, disturb, upset, depress, get someone down, distress, grieve, haunt, nag, torment, harrow, afflict, strain, stress, tax, overwhelm, perturb, plague, bedevil

   片語

   • burden of proof