āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
bear on
/bËeÉÉš ËÉn/
bear upon
to bear on
[phrase form: bear]
01
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻ¸ā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to affect someone or something, particularly in a burdensome way
Transitive: to bear on sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The long hours and workload are bearing on the employees' morale.
āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻ¸āĻāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž
to be related to a particular situation or topic
Transitive: to bear on a situation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The legal precedents will bear on the court's decision regarding the case.
āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻŽāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻŦ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻŦā§āĨ¤
03
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ°āĻŖāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to motivate someone to start or finish an activity
Transitive: to bear on sb
Ditransitive: to bear on sb to do sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The tight deadline bore on the team to work efficiently.
āĻāĻžāĻāĻ āĻĄā§āĻĄāĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻĻāĻ˛āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĻāĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ°āĻŖāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
04
āĻŦāĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻž, āĻ¸āĻāĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to ensure that something stays the same or unchanged over time
Transitive: to bear on sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
We should strive to bear on the values that define our cultural identity.
āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻŽā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻŦā§āĻ§āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŦāĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
