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

• 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。
• As dark forces bear down on Hogworths the three vow to skip their final year at school in order to find the remaining Horcruxes and defeat Lord Voldermort once and for all.
  黑暗势力席卷魔法学校，三人决定最后一年辍学，去寻找剩下的魂器，打倒伏地魔。可惜，邓布利多糟了暗算。哎。悲剧开始了。
• His lecture is intended to bear down on the application of acupuncture anesthesia in brain surgery.
  他的学术报告打算重点谈针刺麻醉在脑外科方面的应用。
• He's gonna bear down on me and soft-soap you.
  他要打压我，再哄骗你。
• 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。
• I cannot bear to see a bear bear down upon a hare.
  我实在不忍心看着大熊一步一步向野兔逼近。
• We need to bear down if we want to make this work.
  如果想使这个产生效果。我们就要竭尽全力。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。