Word · Frequency #2696
burdened
使负担；使苦恼
burdened is the past of burden.
to impose a heavy load or difficult responsibility on someone or something; to weigh down or trouble
- 1.
To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).
施加负担；把重物或令人反感之物当作负担放置
施加负担；把重物或令人反感之物当作负担放置；装货于；烦扰；使负担
In use
I don't want to burden you with my heavy luggage.
The company's debt burdened its employees with uncertainty.
She burdened him with the task of organizing the entire event.
Verb forms
base burden · third person burdens · -ing burdening · past burdened · past participle burdened
Connections
Collocations
- burden someone with debt
- 使某人背负债务
- The high tuition fees burdened him with debt.高昂的学费使他背负债务。
- be burdened with responsibility
- 肩负重任
- As the eldest child, she was burdened with the responsibility of caring for her younger siblings.作为长女，她肩负着照顾弟弟妹妹的重任。
- burden the system
- 加重系统负担
- An increase in users could burden the system.用户增加可能会加重系统负担。
- burden oneself with
- 使自己背负……
- Don't burden yourself with unnecessary worries.别让自己背负不必要的忧虑。
- burdened by grief
- 被悲伤压垮
- He was burdened by grief after the loss of his friend.失去朋友后，他被悲伤压垮。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想发音：背负重物时累得嘟囔 'bur-den'（负担），于是 burden 就有了‘使负担’的意思。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：正式书面语或演讲、日常口语中的比喻义 作动词时，burden 比 weigh down、load 等更正式，通常见于书面或正式表达；口语中也有使用，特别是表达给人添麻烦或心理压力时。被动结构 be burdened with/by 最为常见，建议按文体选择该词。
Grammar Note
burden作为及物动词，后接宾语，常用搭配burden sb with sth（使某人负担...）
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 burden 的重读元音 /ɜː/ 相同的词有 burn、turn、bird、word、heard，但 burden 以 /dn/ 结尾。注意 garden 拼写与 burden 的 -den 相似，但读音是 /ˈɡɑːdn/，元音不同，不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，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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