| 词汇 | weigh her down |
| 释义 | (redirected from weigh her down)weigh down1. To burden or immobilize something by attaching additional weight or placing it on top. A noun or pronoun can be used between "weigh" and "down." You should weigh down those papers with a paperweight so they don't fly out the window. Your car definitely won't get good gas mileage if you have all that heavy equipment in the trunk weighing it down. 2. By extension, to be a burden or impediment to. A noun or pronoun can be used between "weigh" and "down." It feels good to finally get that off my chest. I've felt like I've been weighed down by guilt all these years. All the extra orders have been weighing us down a bit, but hopefully we'll be able to get back to normal operations after the holidays. weigh someone or something downto burden someone or something. The heavy burden weighed the poor donkey down. The load of bricks weighed down the truck. weigh someone downFig. [for a thought] to worry or depress someone. All these problems really weigh me down. Financial problems have been weighing down our entire family. weigh downBurden, oppress, as in Their problems have weighed them down. This expression transfers bowing under a physical weight to emotional burdens. [c. 1600] weigh downv. 1. To hold or bend something down by applying weight: I weighed the trail map down on the ground with stones. The vines were weighed down by their heavy grapes. 2. To burden or oppress someone or something: Heavy backpacks weighed down the hikers. The responsibilities of the new job weighed me down. |
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