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

• 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。
• 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。
• He tried his best to bear down all of his oppositions.
  他尽全力击败一切反对意见。
• 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。
• 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。
• So rapid has been the accumulation of inventory, it will be "another factor likely to bear down on near-term activity".
  存货的囤积速度非常之快，以至于将成为“可能压制近期经济活动的另一个因素”。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。