weigh down

beschweren

Etwas durch aufgelegtes Gewicht an seinem Platz halten oder nach unten drücken.

In einfachem Englisch: 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?

So benutzt man es: weigh something down with something (We weighed the cover down with stones.)

Synonyme: weight, hold down

Häufige Wendungen: weigh down something, weigh down covers

belasten, bedrücken

Wenn Probleme oder Pflichten jemanden sorgen, ermüden oder überfordern.

In einfachem Englisch: 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?

So benutzt man es: weigh someone down (Money worries weighed him down.); be weighed down by something (She was weighed down by responsibility.)

Synonyme: burden, overwhelm

Gegenteile: uplift

Häufige Wendungen: weigh someone down, weigh down someone

belasten, bedrücken

Wenn Probleme oder Pflichten jemanden sorgen, ermüden oder überfordern.

In einfachem Englisch: 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?

So benutzt man es: be weighed down by something (He was weighed down by debt.)

Synonyme: burden, overwhelm

Gegenteile: uplift

Häufige Wendungen: weigh someone down, weigh down someone

beschweren

Schwere Gegenstände auf etwas legen, damit es sich nicht bewegt oder vom Wind weggeweht wird.

In einfachem Englisch: 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?

So benutzt man es: weigh something down with something (We weighed the cloth down with stones.)

Synonyme: hold down, anchor

Häufige Wendungen: weigh down something, weigh something down