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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
  一伙六个人走进酒吧，冲向吧台。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• You have to bear down on the screw quite hard to get it to turn.
  你要用力将螺丝往下压，才能转动它。