bear是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to accept, tolerate, or endure something, especially something unpleasant -- 忍受；容忍；經受；承擔

  • The strain must have been enormous but she bore it well. 當時壓力一定很大，但她承受住了。

  • Tell me now! I can't bear the suspense! 現在告訴我吧！ 我等不及了！

  • It's your decision - you have to bear the responsibility if things go wrong. 是你作出的決定——如果出了差錯，你必須承擔責任。

  • [ + to infinitive ] He couldn't bear to see the dog in pain. 他不忍看見狗那麼痛苦。

  • [ + -ing verb ] I can't bear being bored. 我受不了閒極無聊的日子。

  • "What if she'd been driving faster?" "It doesn't bear thinking about." 「假如她駕車再快一點，那會怎麼樣？」「簡直不敢想像。」

• 1 to have or continue to have something -- 具有，帶有

  • Their baby bears a strong resemblance to its grandfather. 他們的寶寶長得非常像他的爺爺。

  • The stone plaque bearing his name was smashed to pieces. 上面刻有他名字的石匾被砸得粉碎。

  • On display were boxing gloves that bore Rocky Marciano's signature. 展品中有洛奇‧馬西亞諾簽名的拳擊手套。

  • [ + two objects ] I don't bear them any ill feeling (= I do not continue to be angry with or dislike them). 我並不怨恨他們。

  • Thank you for your advice - I'll bear it in mind (= I will remember and consider it). 謝謝你的忠告，我會謹記在心的。

• 2 to hold or support something -- 負載，負擔，負荷

  • The chair, too fragile to bear her weight, collapsed. 椅子太不結實了，她一坐上去就垮了。

• 3 to give birth to young, or (of a tree or plant) to give or produce fruit or flowers -- 生（孩子）；結（果實）；開（花）

  • She had borne six children by the time she was 30. 她到30歲時已經生了六個孩子。

  • [ + two objects ] When his wife bore him a child he could not hide his delight. 他的妻子生了個小孩時，他掩飾不住內心的喜悅。

  • Most animals bear their young in the spring. 大多數動物都在春天繁殖後代。

  • The pear tree they planted has never borne fruit. 他們種的梨樹從來沒有結過梨。

• 4 to carry and move something to a place -- 攜帶；運送

  • At Christmas the family all arrive at the house bearing gifts. 聖誕節時，全家人帶著禮物來到那幢房子。

  • Countless waiters bore trays of drinks into the room. 很多侍者端著一盤盤的飲品進入房間。

  • The sound of the ice cream van was borne into the office on the wind. 雪糕車的叮噹聲隨風飄進了辦公室。

• 5 to change direction slightly so that you are going in a particular direction -- 轉向

  • The path followed the coastline for several miles, then bore inland. 這條小路沿著海岸線延伸了幾英里，然後轉向內陸。

  • After you go past the church keep bearing left/right. 經過教堂後，繼續向左／右。

• 6 to say you know from your own experience that something happened or is true -- 見證，作證

  • She bore witness to his patience and diligence. 她親眼見證了他的耐心和勤奮。

  • The iron bridge bears testimony to the skills developed in that era. 這座鐵橋.證明了那個時代的技術發展水準。

• 7 a large, strong wild mammal with a thick fur coat that lives especially in colder parts of Europe, Asia, and North America -- 熊

  • a brown/black bear 棕熊／黑熊

  • a bear cub (= young bear) 幼熊

• 8 an older gay man who is large and has a lot of hair on his body -- （年齡較大、身材魁梧且多毛的）同性戀男人

• 9 a person who sells shares when prices are expected to fall, in order to make a profit by buying them back again at a lower price -- （股市中）做空頭者；（對行情）看跌的人