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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• My batting trainer told me to bear down on my swing.
  我的棒球教练告诉我挥棒时（应该）往下压。
• He is able to bear down all the difficulties in his studies.
  他能克服他学习中遇到的一切困难。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。