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¨
to burden
01
āĻŦā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to place a heavy load or weight on something or someone
Transitive: to burden sth with a load
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
As the ship docked, the crew began to burden the cargo hold with containers filled with various products.
āĻāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĄāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻĒāĻŖā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻšā§āĻ˛ā§āĻĄ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
02
āĻŦā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to give someone a responsibility or task that demands a great deal of effort or causes a lot of stress
Transitive: to burden sb with a task
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Parents sometimes unintentionally burden their children with high expectations.
āĻŽāĻž-āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻ
āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻļāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻž āĻĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
Burden
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Taking care of an elderly parent can be a significant emotional and financial burden.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻž āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
02
physical weight or load to be carried or transported
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Donkeys bore burdens of food and supplies up the mountain.
03
the main idea or theme of a speech, document, literary work, or discourse
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His speech carried the burden of national unity.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
burdened
disburden
overburden
burden
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
