burden

負担、責任

引き受けたり果たしたりしなければならない大変な務め。

やさしい英語で： A difficult duty that someone must accept or deal with.

• He carries the burden of supporting his family.
• We should share the burden of this work.
• The burden of proof rests with the company.

使い方： burden of something (The burden of caring for her parents falls on her.)

類義語： responsibility, duty, onus

よく使う表現： bear the burden, share the burden, burden of proof

負担、重荷

生活を苦しくしたり心配を引き起こしたりするもの。

やさしい英語で： Something that makes life difficult or causes worry.

• The debt became a heavy burden.
• Her illness placed a burden on the whole family.
• Talking about his worries helped ease his burden.

使い方： burden on someone/something (These debts are a burden on the family.)

類義語： weight, strain

よく使う表現： heavy burden, financial burden, burden on someone

重荷、荷物

人が運ぶ重い物や荷物のまとまり。

やさしい英語で： A heavy thing or group of things that someone carries.

• He carried a heavy burden.
• The donkey struggled under its burden.
• She put down her burden and rested.

類義語： load, weight

よく使う表現： heavy burden, carry a burden, lay down a burden

積載量、載貨重量

船が運べる貨物の量を重さで表したもの。

やさしい英語で： The amount of goods a ship can carry, measured by weight.

• The vessel was listed as two hundred tons burden.
• Ships of greater burden carried more grain.
• The record gives the burden of each merchant ship.

類義語： carrying capacity, tonnage

よく使う表現： tons burden, ship of burden

荷

昔、商品の重さを量ったり売買したりする際に使った一定の量。

やさしい英語で： An old fixed amount of a product, used when weighing or trading it.

• The merchant sold a burden of steel.
• Each burden had to be weighed before sale.
• The old account records three burdens of iron.

よく使う表現： burden of steel, one burden

負担をかける

人に大変な仕事や費用、問題を負わせる。

やさしい英語で： To give someone duties, costs, or problems that are difficult to deal with.

• I do not want to burden you with my problems.
• High taxes burdened local businesses.
• The family is burdened with debt.

使い方： burden someone/something with something (The new rules burden small businesses with extra costs.)

類義語： encumber, weigh down

反対語： relieve

よく使う表現： burden someone with, burden the economy

重荷を負わせる

人や物に重荷を負わせて動きにくくする。

やさしい英語で： To make someone or something heavy or difficult to move.

• Heavy bags burdened the horse.
• Do not burden the cart with more boxes.
• She was burdened with so much luggage that she could barely walk.

使い方： burden someone/something with something (They burdened the donkey with heavy bags.)

類義語： weigh down

よく使う表現： burden someone, burden with something

荷を積む

人や物に重い荷物や望まない荷物を載せる。

やさしい英語で： To put a heavy or unwanted load on someone or something.

• They burdened the mule with supplies.
• Workers burdened the cart with wet sand.
• Why burden his shoulders with another sack?

使い方： burden someone/something with something (They burdened the wagon with sacks of grain.)

類義語： load

よく使う表現： burden something with, burden a cart