| 词汇 | bear down |
| 释义 | bear downbear down phrasal verbphr v a) bear down on somebody/somethingMOVE/CHANGE POSITION i. to move quickly towards a person or place in a threatening way 向某人/某物逼近；冲向某人/某物 a storm bearing down on the island 逐渐逼近该岛的一场暴风雨 ii. to behave in a threatening or controlling way towards a person or group 向某人施加压力；严厉对待某人 Federal regulators have been bearing down on campaign contributors. 联邦监管人员一直向竞选捐助人施加压力。 b) PRESSto use all your strength and effort to push or press down on something 使劲推，用力压下 Examples from the Corpus bear down on somebody/something• Yussuf bore down on her in a fury.• A stillness which seemed to bear down on her like a physical presence.• These thoughts bear down on me as I sit here on this third night of writing.• His eyes bore down on me out of a somewhat hawklike face, and I immediately became flustered.• The Pequod bears down on the area and comes between the whale and the floundering seamen.• For those who find Christmas suddenly bearing down on them, the build-up to the day is one blur of activity.• Five or six men, horsed, masked and well-armed, burst from a clump of trees and bore down on them.• Meanwhile, the New Zealand Interislander Ferry is bearing down on us like a 350-foot long, 40-foot tall aquatic freight train. → bear down at bear1(PHRASAL VERB) |
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