bear down on

英 [beə(r) daʊn ɒn]

美 [ber daʊn ɑːn]

压在…上; 施加压力; 加紧努力以完成

英英释义

verb

• exert a force with a heavy weight
  1. The snow bore down on the roof
  Synonym:drag downbear downpress down onweigh down
• sail towards another vessel, of a ship
  Synonym:bear down upon

双语例句

• They would be shouting here again, the roar of children's roller skates would bear down on him from behind.
  他们又会在这里大声呼喊起来，小孩溜旱冰的轰鸣声又会从背后向他铺天盖地袭来。
• The polar bear is so grief-stricken at the loss of her cub that she lies down on the ice to die.
  北极熊在失去小熊后受到了太大的打击，甚至想躺在冰上死去。
• So saying, he left the bear to stand there and growl, lay down in the corner on a pile of straw and went to sleep.
  说完，他丢下熊在那儿嚎嚎大叫，自己躺倒角落的稻草堆上睡觉了。
• 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。
• The pen doesn't write unless you bear down hard on it.
  如果你不用力，这只笔就写不出来。
• But to bear down on global climate change, there would need to be taxes on imports too, making western consumers pay for the carbon used to make the cars, electronics and clothes they consume from abroad.
  但要有效应对全球气候变化，各国还需对进口征税，让西方消费者在消费来自国外的汽车、电子产品和服装时，也要为生产这些商品造成的碳排放埋单。
• 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 pen does not write unless you bear down hard on it. His writing style is concise and infectious.
  如果你不用力，这只笔就写不出来。他的文笔凝练，很有感染力。
• Bear down on a task
  加紧努力以完成一项工作