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
- We are humans though and sometimes there is a need to bear down and really refocus efforts.
我等皆凡人但有些时候我们也需要全力以赴并高度集中精力。 - He's gonna bear down on me and soft-soap you.
他要打压我，再哄骗你。 - He tried his best to bear down all of his oppositions.
他尽全力击败一切反对意见。 - 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。 - Second, bear down on the huge uninvested corporate profits, including by reforming taxation.
其次，把企业未投资出去的巨额利润消化掉，办法包括实施税收改革。 - 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。 - So rapid has been the accumulation of inventory, it will be "another factor likely to bear down on near-term activity".
存货的囤积速度非常之快，以至于将成为“可能压制近期经济活动的另一个因素”。 - 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。 - The enemy warship tried to bear down on our small airboat.
敌舰企图逼近我们的小汽艇。