transcription, транскрипция: [ bɜ:(r)d(ə)n ]
( burdens, burdening, burdened)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you describe a problem or a responsibility as a burden , you mean that it causes someone a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work.
The developing countries bear the burden of an enormous external debt...
Her death will be an impossible burden on Paul...
The financial burden will be more evenly shared.
N-COUNT : usu with supp , oft N of/on n
2.
A burden is a heavy load that is difficult to carry. ( FORMAL )
N-COUNT
3.
If someone burdens you with something that is likely to worry you, for example a problem or a difficult decision, they tell you about it.
We decided not to burden him with the news.
VERB : V n with n , also V n
4.
see also beast of burden