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

approachbear down【导航词义：接近】

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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• PHRASAL VERB 用力下压；使劲往下推
  Tobear down onsomething means to push or press downwards with steady pressure.
  1. 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。

英英释义

verb

• exert a force or cause a strain upon
  1. This tax bears down on the lower middle class
• pay special attention to
  1. The lectures bore down on the political background
• exert full strength
  1. The pitcher bore down
• to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
  1. he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork
  Synonym:charge
• contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
  Synonym:overbear
• exert a force with a heavy weight
  1. The snow bore down on the roof
  Synonym:drag downbear down onpress down onweigh down

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Things just bear down on us, I suppose.
  我想，事情只是，刚好发生在我们身上。
• His tentative suggestion of a transaction tax, which he argued would bear down on profits and limit socially unacceptable bonuses, is another curious line of reasoning.
  特纳试探性地建议征收交易税，称这将削减利润并限制社会难以接受的奖金水平，这又是一种古怪的推理方式。
• The nurse will tell you when to bear down.
  护士会告诉你分娩过程中什么时候该用力。
• I think a lot of it's just sticking around, trying to give yourself as many opportunities as possible and trying to bear down when you do get those opportunities.
  我觉得我们更多的是保持并试图给自己更多机会，并且在机会到来时，抓住它。
• 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。
• When you meet challengers and obstacles, you have the resourcefulness and discipline to bear down and focus on these challenges.
  当你遇到挑战和障碍的时候，你会以耐力和责任感来承受，并集中精力来解决这些困难。
• 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。