burden sb with sth
宾语通常是人，with 后接金钱、责任、烦恼等抽象事物。
He didn't want to burden his family with his financial problems.
他不想用自己的经济问题给家人增添负担。
使负担；使苦恼
burdens — third person singular of burden
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
to impose a heavy load or difficult responsibility on someone or something; to weigh down or trouble
施加负担；把重物或令人反感之物当作负担放置
To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).
一般现在时
They burden me with responsibilities.
他们用责任压我。
一般过去时
Yesterday, he burdened his team with extra work.
昨天，他给他的团队增加了额外的工作负担。
现在完成时
She has burdened herself with too many tasks.
她给自己承担了太多任务。
I don't want to burden you with my heavy luggage.
我不想用我的沉重行李加重你的负担。
用法提示：Burden作动词，表示'加重担于'，此处指携带行李造成的负担。
The company's debt burdened its employees with uncertainty.
公司的债务使员工承受着不确定性的负担。
用法提示：Burdened是burden的过去式，表示'使负担'，这里指债务带来的压力。
She burdened him with the task of organizing the entire event.
她把整个活动的组织任务压在他身上。
用法提示：Burdened with表示'以...加负担于'，指派任务。
宾语通常是人，with 后接金钱、责任、烦恼等抽象事物。
He didn't want to burden his family with his financial problems.
他不想用自己的经济问题给家人增添负担。
被动形式多指长期承受沉重的负担，with 和 by 都可使用。
The hospital is burdened with a huge backlog of patients.
这家医院背负着大量积压的患者。
直接跟宾语，宾语可以是人，也可以是机构、行业等。
High taxes burden ordinary workers.
高额税收给普通劳动者带来沉重负担。
较常用，可指实物或抽象的工作、债务；load sb with sth 语气中性，不一定带否定色彩。
强调重压使人难以行动或使心情沉重；常用被动结构 be weighed down with/by。
较正式，强调因负担或障碍而使行动受阻；be encumbered with/by 侧重妨碍，不单指承受重物。
多用于 saddle sb with sth，较口语化，强调被迫承担不情愿的负担或责任。
侧重消耗资源而非给予负担，常见搭配 tax one's patience/strength；不写 tax sb with sth。
grammar · medium
易错句子She burdened her son too much responsibility.
正确表达She burdened her son with too much responsibility.
动词 burden 表示“使某人背负某事”时，结构是 burden sb with sth，第二个成分前必须用介词 with。汉语“让儿子背负太多责任”里没有介词，学习者容易直接摆两个宾语；补上 with 才符合 burden 的固定搭配。
grammar · medium
易错句子The new tax rules burden on small businesses.
正确表达The new tax rules burden small businesses.
名词用法才是 a burden on sb（某人的负担），其中 on 属于名词短语；而动词 burden 是及物动词，后面直接接宾语，不加 on。去掉 on、让 small businesses 直接作宾语，句子才成立。
grammar · medium
易错句子I feel burden by all these expectations.
正确表达I feel burdened by all these expectations.
表示“感到不堪重负”时，要用过去分词 burdened 作形容词（或构成被动），不能用动词原形 burden 放在 feel 之后。补上 -ed 变成 burdened，才与 be/feel 后的表语位置相符。
unburden 侧重移除具体重负或精神负担；burden 是施加负担，unburden 是解除负担。
relieve 常用于减轻痛苦或负担，不完全等于彻底卸下。
lighten 强调减轻重量或负担强度。
ease 侧重缓和不适或负担感。
disburden 较正式，与 burden 构词对应，是直接的反义词。
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。
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。
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。
使自己背负……
Don't burden yourself with unnecessary worries.
别让自己背负不必要的忧虑。
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。
常用搭配 shoulder the burden，表示承担重担。
过重的责任常被视为一种负担。
负担往往会带来心理或现实层面的压力。
负担也指需要付出的经济或情感代价。
债务是常见的财务负担，使人感到被压垮。
举证责任
In a criminal trial, the burden of proof lies with the prosecution.
在刑事审判中，举证责任在于控方。
承担重担
After their father died, the eldest son had to bear the burden of supporting the family.
父亲去世后，长子不得不承担养家的重担。
减轻负担
We hired an assistant to lighten the burden of administrative work.
我们雇了一名助手来减轻行政工作的负担。
凡劳苦担重担的人，可以到我这里来，我就使你们得安息。
Jesus speaks these words in the Gospel of Matthew (11:28) to comfort the weary.
这些话是耶稣在马太福音（11:28）中对劳苦负重之人的安慰。
我是你手中的一个负担。
The line is the repeated chorus of Soundgarden's 1996 grunge hit 'Burden in My Hand'.
这句歌词是声音花园乐队1996年油渍摇滚热曲《Burden in My Hand》中反复出现的副歌。
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