weigh down

lester, maintenir avec un poids

Poser quelque chose de lourd sur un objet pour le maintenir en place ou l’abaisser.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : weigh something down with something (We weighed the cover down with stones.)

Synonymes : weight, hold down

Expressions courantes : weigh down something, weigh down covers

accabler

Pour des problèmes ou des obligations, rendre quelqu’un inquiet, épuisé ou incapable de faire face.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : weigh someone down (Money worries weighed him down.); be weighed down by something (She was weighed down by responsibility.)

Synonymes : burden, overwhelm

Contraires : uplift

Expressions courantes : weigh someone down, weigh down someone

accabler

Pour des problèmes ou des obligations, rendre quelqu’un inquiet, épuisé ou incapable de faire face.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : be weighed down by something (He was weighed down by debt.)

Synonymes : burden, overwhelm

Contraires : uplift

Expressions courantes : weigh someone down, weigh down someone

lester

Poser des objets lourds sur quelque chose pour l’empêcher de bouger ou de s’envoler.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : weigh something down with something (We weighed the cloth down with stones.)

Synonymes : hold down, anchor

Expressions courantes : weigh down something, weigh something down