underburden

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The rock and subsoil that lies below a mineral deposit such as a coal seam. countable,uncountable
    — Much of the heat introduced with the steam is lost to the overburden and to the underburden by thermal conduction in the manner discussed earlier.
动词 v.
  1. To give too light a burden; to assign less than a fair share.
    — In reality, the levels of work varied: some internationals seemed overburdened with tasks and responsibility, some seemed underburdened, and some faced apparently just the right amount of work.
  2. To assign less work than someone or something is capable of.
    — If a man is overburdened, which is the true cause of complaint, or underburdened, which is the modern cause of complaint, he may seek redress; but he alone who is overburdened or underburdened is authorised to seek redress.

词形变化

underburdens present,singular,third-person underburdening participle,present underburdened participle,past underburdened past underburdens plural

词源

词源 1
From under- + burden.
词源 2
From under- + burden.
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