burden

Last, Verantwortung

Eine schwierige Pflicht, die jemand übernehmen oder erfüllen muss.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

So benutzt man es: burden of something (The burden of caring for her parents falls on her.)

Synonyme: responsibility, duty, onus

Häufige Wendungen: bear the burden, share the burden, burden of proof

Last, Belastung

Etwas, das das Leben erschwert oder Sorgen verursacht.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

So benutzt man es: burden on someone/something (These debts are a burden on the family.)

Synonyme: weight, strain

Häufige Wendungen: heavy burden, financial burden, burden on someone

Last

Ein schwerer Gegenstand oder mehrere schwere Gegenstände, die jemand trägt.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

Synonyme: load, weight

Häufige Wendungen: heavy burden, carry a burden, lay down a burden

Tragfähigkeit, Tonnage

Das Gewicht der Waren, die ein Schiff transportieren kann.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

Synonyme: carrying capacity, tonnage

Häufige Wendungen: tons burden, ship of burden

Last

Eine früher festgelegte Menge eines Produkts, die beim Wiegen oder Handeln verwendet wurde.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

Häufige Wendungen: burden of steel, one burden

belasten

Jemandem Aufgaben, Kosten oder Probleme auferlegen, die schwer zu bewältigen sind.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

So benutzt man es: burden someone/something with something (The new rules burden small businesses with extra costs.)

Synonyme: encumber, weigh down

Gegenteile: relieve

Häufige Wendungen: burden someone with, burden the economy

beschweren

Jemanden oder etwas durch zusätzliches Gewicht schwerer oder schwer beweglich machen.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

So benutzt man es: burden someone/something with something (They burdened the donkey with heavy bags.)

Synonyme: weigh down

Häufige Wendungen: burden someone, burden with something

beladen

Jemandem oder etwas eine schwere oder unerwünschte Last aufladen.

In einfachem Englisch: 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?

So benutzt man es: burden someone/something with something (They burdened the wagon with sacks of grain.)

Synonyme: load

Häufige Wendungen: burden something with, burden a cart