Word · Frequency #1065
bear
支撑；承受；忍受；维持
to support, sustain, endure, or maintain
- 1.
To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.
试图压低价格或市场价格。
- 2.
To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.
携带或传递,字面或比喻。
- 3.
To support, sustain, or endure.
支持、维持或忍受。
- 4.
To support, keep up, or maintain.
支持、保持或维护。
- 5.
have
拥有
- 6.
To press or impinge upon.
施压或冲击。
- 7.
To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
在特定方向或方位(从某处)。
携带；搬运；运送；具有；带有；拥有；朝；向；位于（某方向）；压在…上；冲击；压低（价格）；打压（价格）
In use
I can't bear the noise from the construction site.
He bore the long wait patiently.
She is bearing the heavy workload without complaint.
bear a resemblance
bear a signature
bear sb/sth
bear表示'生育'时，过去式为bore，过去分词为born。
She bore a healthy son.
她生了一个健康的儿子。
be born
be born结构表示'出生'，born为bear的过去分词。
He was born in 1990.
他出生于1990年。
bear fruit
Connections
Collocations
- bear a child
- 生孩子
- She bore a child last year.她去年生了一个孩子。
- bear fruit
- 结果实
- The tree bears fruit every autumn.这棵树每年秋天结果实。
- bear young
- 产仔
- The female bear bears young in the winter.母熊在冬季产仔。
Idioms & figurative uses
- bear with me
- 请耐心等待Please bear with me while I finish my explanation.请耐心等待我完成解释。
- bear in mind
- 记住Bear in mind that the deadline is tomorrow.记住截止日期是明天。
- bear fruit
- 有成果
Learner notes
Memory Tip
熊妈妈生小熊，记住bear有生育之意。
Context & Register
formal
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like care, dare, fair, hair, pair, share rhyme with bear (sounds like /bɛr/). Be careful with lookalikes like fear, hear, near (pronounced with /ɪr/) and wear, tear (verb) which rhyme with bear, but tear (noun) is /tɪr/.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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