A load or burden that is too full or heavy. 超载过量或过重的载荷或负担
The burden on his back seemed to be crushing him to the earth. 他背上的重负似乎要把他压倒在地。
Burden \Bur"den\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burdened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Burdening}.] 1. To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load.
I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened. --2 Cor. viii. 13.
2. To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes.
My burdened heart would break. --Shak.
3. To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable). [R.]
It is absurd to burden this act on Cromwell. --Coleridge.
Syn: To load; encumber; overload; oppress.
In a report, the Vatican called on creditors to refrain from burdening the debtor with "intolerable demands," and urged Third World leaders to examine the domestic causes of their debt problems.
West African leaders decided to intervene Aug. 6. They said the war was no longer an internal conflict because thousands of their citizens were trapped in Monrovia and about 400,000 Liberian refugees were burdening neighboring states.
There are at least four widely publicized studies on diapers that explore the issue of whether disposables are disproportionately responsible for burdening the nation's landfills and fouling its environment.
"This settlement resolves one of the major issues that had been burdening the future of the company," said Kenneth I. Sawyer, Pharmaceutical Resources president.
We are also told that we are mindlessly burdening future generations with our deficits.