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单词 weigh someone/something down
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weighsomeone/somethingdown

phrasal verbwithweighverb
uk
/weɪ/us
/weɪ/
If someone or something isweigheddown with something, they arecarryinga lot of or too much of it:
Weighed downwithsupplies, theyfoundthesteeppathdifficulttoclimb.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Too much and unnecessary
  • avalanche
  • be up toyourneck (insomething)idiom
  • bellyful
  • binge
  • carry/take coals to Newcastleidiom
  • de trop
  • drown
  • gush
  • hyper
  • immoderate
  • immoderately
  • inessential
  • insatiable
  • overdose
  • plenty
  • pleonasm
  • pleonastic
  • plethora
  • proliferation
  • unwarranted
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weighsomeonedown

phrasal verbwithweighverb
uk
/weɪ/us
/weɪ/
to make apersonfeelworriedandunhappybecause ofproblems,responsibilities, andduties:
Ithoughtshelookedsomehowolder,weigheddownbyall her newresponsibilities.
Too muchresponsibilitywhen tooyoungcanweighdownonachild.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Causing anxiety and worry
  • alarming
  • alarmingly
  • bite
  • catch up withsomeone
  • come back/home to roostidiom
  • disturb
  • dread
  • frighten
  • frightensomeone/somethingaway/off
  • get/go beyond a jokeidiom
  • givesomeonethe jimjamsidiom
  • givesomeonethe jittersidiom
  • rattle
  • roost
  • stresssomeoneout
  • stressful
  • suspenseful
  • swatting
  • tense
  • tenseness
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(Definition ofweigh someone/something downfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

weigh down someone/something| American Dictionary

weigh downsomeone/something

phrasal verbwithweighverb
us
/weɪ/
to make itdifficultfor someone or something tomoveby giving thatpersonor thing aheavyloadtocarry:
Shecheckedherbagsbecause she didn’twantto be weighed down.
fig.She was weighed down(= madetiredandworried)by theachesandpainsofoldage.
(Definition ofweigh down someone/somethingfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

weigh sb/sth down| Business English

weigh sb/sth down

phrasal verbwithweighverb[T]
uk
/weɪ/us
tocauseproblemsordifficultiesfor someone or something:
USgrowthhas beenweigheddown bysoaringdeficitswithChina.
(Definition ofweigh sb/sth downfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/weigh-down##
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