| 词汇 | bear-down-on |
| 释义 | bear down on someone/somethingphrasal verb with bearverbuk /beər/ us /ber/bore | borne or US alsoborn (also formalbear down upon someone/something) (THREATEN)to move in a threatening way towards someone or something: 冲向…，向…逼近 I looked up to see the car bearing down on me.我一抬头，看见那辆汽车正向我冲过来。 A hurricane is bearing down on the east coast. to cause or threaten to cause problems for someone: All of these pressures are bearing down on him. We have to improve our infrastructure to deal with climate change that is bearing down upon us. He ran for his life as the creature bore down upon him. As the train bears down on his vehicle, he escapes just in time. We saw the headmaster bearing purposefully down on us. They are cosily stuck in the past, but the future is bearing down upon them. Pursuing be hot on someone's track/trailidiom be on someone's tailidiom bear bring bring up the rearidiom chase convoy humbug in hot pursuitidiom on the scentidiom pester pursue pursuer run stalk stick tag tailgate track track and trace You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences (DEAL WITH)to make an effort to deal with something in a complete or detailed way: It is better to bear down on one topic, explore it fully, then move on to the next topic. In her book, she criticizes journalists for not bearing down on corruption. He was trying to bear down on one particularly vague answer given by his opponent. There is a need for cultural criticism to really bear down upon what matters. Trying and making an effort A game all out assault attempt attempted commitment go after someone go all outidiom go down swinging/fightingidiom go for itidiom go for someone nose shoot for the moonidiom shoot the worksidiom smarten (someone/something) up smarten up your actidiom spare square the circleidiom stretch struggle bear down on someone/something | American Dictionarybear down on someone/somethingphrasal verb with bearverbus/beər/past tenseboreus/bɔr, boʊr/ | past participleborneus/bɔrn, boʊrn/ to move toward someone or something in a way that is threatening: He leaped away from the car bearing down on him. |
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