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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - To bear down on energy usage would require a different approach.
抑制能源使用将需要采取一种不同的方式。 - 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。 - 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。