bear down
英 [beə(r) daʊn]
美 [ber daʊn]
向…逼近; 冲向; （稳稳地）用力下压; 使劲往下按
同义词辨析
approachv. 走进；临近
〔辨析〕
使用范围很广，通常指在空间或时间上逐渐靠近。
〔例证〕
The storm is approaching.
暴风雨就要来临。
We approached the village in the evening.
傍晚时分我们走近了那个村子。
The day of our wedding has approached.
我们举行婚礼的日子已经临近。
暴风雨就要来临。
We approached the village in the evening.
傍晚时分我们走近了那个村子。
The day of our wedding has approached.
我们举行婚礼的日子已经临近。
bear downphr. v. 逼近
〔辨析〕
指速度很快且带有威胁地向某人、某物或某地移动，常后接介词 on。
〔例证〕
There was a storm bearing down on the island.
一场暴风雨正逐渐逼近该岛。
An enemy carrier bore down on their destroyers.
敌方的一艘航空母舰快速逼近他们的驱逐舰。
一场暴风雨正逐渐逼近该岛。
An enemy carrier bore down on their destroyers.
敌方的一艘航空母舰快速逼近他们的驱逐舰。
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 向…逼近；冲向
If someone or somethingbears down onyou, they move quickly towards you in a threatening way.- A group of half a dozen men entered the pub and bore down on the bar...
一伙六个人走进酒吧，冲向吧台。 - The girl flashed a dazzling smile at the television crew and cameras bearing down on her.
这个女孩对着向她围拢的电视台工作人员和摄影机灿烂一笑。
- A group of half a dozen men entered the pub and bore down on the bar...
- PHRASAL VERB 用力下压；使劲往下推
Tobear down onsomething means to push or press downwards with steady pressure.- The roof support structure had collapsed and the entire weight was bearing down on the ceiling.
屋顶的支架倒塌了，全部重量都压到了天花板上。
- The roof support structure had collapsed and the entire weight was bearing down on the ceiling.
英英释义
verb
- exert a force or cause a strain upon
- This tax bears down on the lower middle class
- pay special attention to
- The lectures bore down on the political background
- exert full strength
- The pitcher bore down
- to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
- he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork
- contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
- exert a force with a heavy weight
- The snow bore down on the roof
双语例句
- To bear down on energy usage would require a different approach.
抑制能源使用将需要采取一种不同的方式。 - A group of half a dozen men entered the pub and bore down on the bar
一伙六个人走进酒吧，冲向吧台。 - It is not right for a man to bear down his neck to the oppressor always.
让一个人总是向著他的敌人低头是不对的。 - The pen doesn't write unless you bear down hard on it.
如果你不用力，这只笔就写不出来。 - We need to bear down if we want to make this work.
如果想使这个产生效果。我们就要竭尽全力。 - As the costs of climate change bear down on the poor, so their demands grow that rich countries, which caused most of the problems, should help them cope.
穷国承担气候变化的成本，另一边要求大多数问题的始作俑者&富国帮助他们应对的需求也在增加。 - His lecture is intended to bear down on the application of acupuncture anesthesia in brain surgery.
他的学术报告打算重点谈针刺麻醉在脑外科方面的应用。 - What has to be shown of any proposals to tax more heavily or otherwise bear down on the better-off is how the bottom 10th, or even the median citizen, would benefit.
无论我们提出什么建议，是提高对富人征税额、还是以其它方式惩罚富人，都应该明确指出这么做如何能让最底层的10%民众、甚至是中间阶层市民收益。 - The girl flashed a dazzling smile at the television crew and cameras bearing down on her.
这个女孩对着向她围拢的电视台工作人员和摄影机灿烂一笑。 - They would be shouting here again, the roar of children's roller skates would bear down on him from behind.
他们又会在这里大声呼喊起来，小孩溜旱冰的轰鸣声又会从背后向他铺天盖地袭来。