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• ① 【文】携带;抬运;传运
  • The sound of music was borne to us on [upon] the wind.那乐声随风传到我们这里。
  • He will bear your bag to the hotel.他将把你的旅行袋送到旅馆去(★作此义解时【口】多用 carry)。

• ② 支持(=support);负荷,负载
  • The roof is too thin to bear your weight.这屋顶太薄无法支持你的体重。

• ③ 负担(费用、责任等)
  • I will bear the cost [responsibility].我愿意负担这费用[责任]。

• ④[通常与can, could连用,用于否定句或疑问句]忍耐;忍受,容忍
  • He bears pain well.他很会忍受痛苦。
  • The pain is almost more than I can bear.这痛苦几乎非我所能忍受。
  • I couldn't bear the thought of being parted from her.想到要与她离别就教我受不了。
  • I cannot bear to see her suffering so.我不忍看着她如此受苦。
  • I cannot bear to be [bear being] ignored.我忍受不了被人忽视。
  • He could not bear her to be unhappy.她不快乐使他无法忍受。

• ⑤ 适宜于;堪;容许
  • His behavior bears two explanations.他的行为可以有两种选择。
  • This cloth will bear washing.这种布料耐洗。
  • The bawdy joke does not bear repeating.那个黄色笑话不堪重述。

• ⑥ 显示(某种痕迹);带有
  • This letter bears a French stamp.这封信贴有法国的邮票。
  • Every piece of furniture bears a number and letter.每件家具上带有一个号码和字母。
  • This letter bears no signature.这封信没有署名。

• ⑦ 心怀(怨恨、恶意等)
  • Bear in mind what I say.记住我的话。
  • I bear hatred against no man.我不怀恨任何人。
  • Alice bore a secret love for me.爱丽丝暗恋我。
  • I bear no malice [ill will] toward him.我对他不怀恶意。
  • She bears me no grudge [resentment].她对我毫无怀恨。

• ⑧ 1拥有(某种称号、身分或特性)2(矿石)含有(…)
  • Alice bears her husband's surname.爱丽丝拥有她丈夫的姓。
  • He bears no relation to the mayor.他与市长没有(亲戚)关系。
  • bear some resemblance to ...与…有相似之处
  • bear a part in something与某事有关,参与某事
  • This ore bears gold.这矿石含金。

• ⑨ 1生(利息);长(花、果实);产生(=yield)2生(孩子)
  • How much interest will the deposit bear?这存款可生多少利息?
  • This tree bears pink blossom.这棵树开粉红色的花。
  • Their efforts bore no fruit.他们的努力没有成果。
  • Can older women bear healthy babies?较老的妇女能生下健康的婴儿吗?
  • She bore six children.她生了六个孩子(★通常的说法为She had six children.)。
  • She has borne him three sons.她已为他生了三个儿子。

• ⑩ 挤,推,压(=push)
  • The demonstrators were borne back [backward] by the police.那些示威者被警察推得往后退。

• ⑪ 享有(权力);行使(职权)
  • The king bore sway over the empire.国王掌有统治全帝国之权。

• ⑫ 1使(身体或其一部分)保持(某种姿势)2[bear oneself]举止,行为;处己,持身
  • She bore her head high.她高昂着头。
  • He bears himself like a soldier.他举止像军人。
  • She bears herself gracefully.她态度娴雅。
  • He bore himself bravely [with dignity].他表现出勇敢[庄严]的态度。
  • He bore himself well.他行为端正。
  • She bears herself like a nurse.她举止如保母。