weigh down

zavorrare, fermare con un peso

Mettere qualcosa di pesante sopra un oggetto per tenerlo fermo o abbassarlo.

In inglese semplice: To keep something in place or lower it by putting something heavy on it.

• Weigh down the paper with a stone.
• They weighed the balloon down with sandbags.
• Have you weighed down the corners so the cover cannot blow away?

Come si usa: weigh something down with something (We weighed the cover down with stones.)

Sinonimi: weight, hold down

Espressioni comuni: weigh down something, weigh down covers

opprimere, gravare su

Detto di problemi o doveri, far sentire qualcuno preoccupato, stanco o incapace di farcela.

In inglese semplice: If problems or duties affect you this way, they make you feel worried, tired, or unable to cope.

• These worries weigh me down.
• He felt weighed down by guilt.
• Are your responsibilities weighing you down?

Come si usa: weigh someone down (Money worries weighed him down.); be weighed down by something (She was weighed down by responsibility.)

Sinonimi: burden, overwhelm

Contrari: uplift

Espressioni comuni: weigh someone down, weigh down someone

opprimere

Detto di problemi o doveri, far sentire qualcuno preoccupato, stanco o incapace di farcela.

In inglese semplice: Problems or duties make someone feel worried, tired, or unable to cope.

• Work problems weigh her down.
• Bad news weighed him down all week.
• Do these debts weigh you down?

Come si usa: be weighed down by something (He was weighed down by debt.)

Sinonimi: burden, overwhelm

Contrari: uplift

Espressioni comuni: weigh someone down, weigh down someone

zavorrare

Mettere oggetti pesanti sopra qualcosa perché non si muova o non voli via.

In inglese semplice: To put heavy objects on something so it cannot move or blow away.

• Weigh down the paper with a stone.
• They weighed the tent down with sandbags.
• Can you weigh these sheets down?

Come si usa: weigh something down with something (We weighed the cloth down with stones.)

Sinonimi: hold down, anchor

Espressioni comuni: weigh down something, weigh something down