weigh down

重しを置く、重りで固定する

物の上に重いものを載せて、動かないようにしたり押し下げたりすること。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： weigh something down with something (We weighed the cover down with stones.)

類義語： weight, hold down

よく使う表現： weigh down something, weigh down covers

重荷になる、苦しめる

問題や義務が人を不安にさせ、疲れさせたり、対処できないと感じさせたりすること。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： weigh someone down (Money worries weighed him down.); be weighed down by something (She was weighed down by responsibility.)

類義語： burden, overwhelm

反対語： uplift

よく使う表現： weigh someone down, weigh down someone

重荷になる、苦しめる

問題や義務が人を不安にさせ、疲れさせたり、対処できないと感じさせたりすること。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： be weighed down by something (He was weighed down by debt.)

類義語： burden, overwhelm

反対語： uplift

よく使う表現： weigh someone down, weigh down someone

重しで押さえる

物の上に重いものを置き、動いたり風で飛んだりしないようにすること。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： weigh something down with something (We weighed the cloth down with stones.)

類義語： hold down, anchor

よく使う表現： weigh down something, weigh something down