bear down

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bear, down.
  2. To steer away from the wind; to approach from windward.
  3. To push (someone) to the ground; to defeat, overcome. transitive
  4. To maintain one's position against (someone) in a debate; to stand one's ground against. obsolete,transitive
    — And they sayd unto her: thou arte mad. And she bare them doune that hit was even so.
  5. To intensify one's efforts. intransitive
    — It's 9:41, 58 degrees, and I'm flunking out. Time to bear down.
  6. To approach in a determined manner. intransitive,with-on
    — Huth headed wide inside two minutes, Andy Wilkinson blasted over from Shotton's cut-back and Jones was squeezed out when bearing down on goal.
  7. To exert downward pressure on one's abdomen, as in giving birth, forcing out feces, and some similar bodily maneuvers. intransitive

词形变化

bears down present,singular,third-person bearing down participle,present bore down past borne down participle,past
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