bear

Word family noun bearer bearablenessbearingbearishnessbearberrybearbinebearcatbear hugbear marketbearskinbearwardadjective bearable ≠ unbearable bearishverb bear adverb bearably ≠ unbearably bearishly

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ldoce_705_zbear1 /beə $ ber/ S2 W2 verb (past tensepst bore /bɔː $ bɔːr/, past participlepp borne /bɔːn $ bɔːrn/) [transitiveT] → bare

1 deal with STH 应付某事BRAVE to bravely accept or deal with a painful, difficult, or upsetting situation 忍受，忍耐，经受住 SYN stand

She was afraid she wouldn’t be able to bear the pain.

她恐怕自己忍受不了这种痛苦。

Overcrowding makes prison life even harder to bear.

过度拥挤使监狱生活更加难以忍受。

Make the water as hot as you can bear.

把水温调到你能忍受的最高温度。

The humiliation was more than he could bear.

这样的羞辱是他万万不能忍受的。

Black people continue to bear the brunt of most racial violence (=have to deal with the most difficult or damaging part).

在大多数种族暴力事件中，黑人仍然是首当其冲的受害群体。

Passengers could be insulting, and stewardesses just had to grin and bear it (=accept it without complaining).

乘客有时会破口大骂，而乘务员只能微笑着默默忍受。

Experts were worried the financial system would not be able to bear the strain.

专家担心现行金融体系承受不了这样的压力。

In everyday English, people usually say that they can’t stand something, rather than that they can't bear it: 在日常英语中，人们一般说can’t stand，而不说can’t bear

I couldn’t stand the noise any longer.

我再也受不了那噪音了。

2 can’t bear something spoken

a) SUFFERto be so upset about something that you feel unable to accept it or let it happen 接受不了某事 SYN can’t stand

Please don’t leave me. I couldn’t bear it.

请你不要离开我，我受不了。

can’t bear the thought of (doing) something

I just can’t bear the thought of having to start all over.

我想都不敢想要从头开始。

can’t bear to do something

I can’t bear to see her cry.

我不忍心看见她哭。

can’t bear doing something

I couldn’t bear not seeing him again.

我不能忍受再也见不到他。

b) DON'T LIKEto dislike something or someone very much, often so that they make you feel annoyed or impatient 忍受不了某事/某人 SYN can’t stand

Oh, I really can’t bear him.

噢，我实在受不了他。

can’t bear somebody doing something

He can’t bear people smoking while he’s eating.

他受不了有人在他吃饭的时候吸烟。

can’t bear doing something

I can’t bear being cold.

我怕冷。

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can’t bear to do something• She was the kind of person who just couldn't bear to throw anything away.

3 bear (something) in mind REMEMBERto remember a fact or piece of information that is important or could be useful in the future 记住（某事），把（某事）记在心里 SYN keep (something) in mind

bear in mind (that)

Bear in mind that some children will need help.

记住，有些孩子需要帮助。

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bear (something) in mind• Thanks, I'll bear that in mind.• I said I would bear his suggestion in mind.• If he had ... no conclusions yet, just bear it in mind.• My right hon. Friend should bear that in mind.• The Prime Minister I will certainly bear that in mind.• The problem is largely an insuperable one, and all we can do at this stage is to bear it in mind.• Tourists must bear in mind that they are visitors in another country.• Mr. Clarke Any intelligent parent, intelligent governor or intelligent newspaper person will bear it in mind that various factors influence results.• Thus, firms entering overseas markets must bear this in mind when introducing new products or services.• It is important that we bear these differences in mind when we attempt to analyse the formal nature of public sector organisations.

4 accept/be responsible for 接受/承担 formalPAY FOR to be responsible for or accept something 承担，负担

bear the costs/burden

Each company will bear half the costs of development.

两家公司将均摊开发费用。

Fares have gone up, perhaps to more than the market will bear.

票价上涨了，而且可能超出了市场的承受能力。

bear the responsibility/blame etc

Developed countries bear much of the responsibility for environmental problems.

发达国家对环境问题负有主要责任。

5 support 支持SUPPORT/HOLD UP to be under something and support it 支撑，承受，支承〔重量〕 SYN hold

My leg was painful, and I wasn’t sure it would bear my weight.

我的腿痛，不知道是否还能承受我身体的重量。

a tray bearing a bottle and several glasses

摆着一个瓶子和几个杯子的托盘

a load-bearing wall

承重墙

6 SHOW/BE A SIGN OFsign/mark 标记/记号 formal to have or show a sign, mark, or particular appearance, especially when this shows that something has happened or is true 带有〔某种标记或外观特征〕 SYN have

The letter bore no signature.

这封信上没有署名。

a car bearing diplomatic license plates

挂外交牌照的车

The labels bear a yellow and black symbol.

标签上有一个黄黑两色的标记。

The town still bears the scars of the bombings during the war.

城里依然可见战时轰炸留下的疮痍。

The store bears the hallmarks (=it has the qualities) of a family-owned business.

这个商店有家族企业的特色。

7 bear a resemblance/relation to somebody/something LIKE/SIMILARto be similar to someone or something else 与某人/某物相似/有关

The child bore a striking resemblance to his father.

这个孩子长得跟他父亲非常相像。

The things she says bear little relation to what she actually does.

她言行不一。

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bear a resemblance/relation to somebody/something• Bellow supported Roth's early work, and Roth's work was to bear a resemblance to Bellow's.• The medical model is explicit: Teaching bears a resemblance to the practice of medicine.

8 MBBABY/HAVE A BABYbaby 婴儿 formal to give birth to a baby 生育

She might never be able to bear children.

她可能永远无法生育。

bear somebody a child/son/daughter

She bore him three sons.

她为他生了三个儿子。

9 bear fruit

a) SUCCEED IN DOING somethingif a plan, decision etc bears fruit, it is successful, especially after a long period of time 〔尤指计划、决定等经过长时间之后〕有成果，成功

Charles’s diplomacy eventually bore fruit.

查尔斯的外交手段终于取得了成果。

b) HBPTAif a tree bears fruit, it produces fruit 〔树〕结果

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bear fruit• The boys remained optimistic that their musical career might bear fruit.• Some investment does not bear fruit.• The first is that the policies have largely been implemented as intended and that they are bearing fruit.• Then he continued to the town with the apple tree and told the townsman how to make the tree bear fruit again.• However, these plants will not bear fruit as a rule.• It bears fruit continuously throughout the growing season.• The campaign for debt relief will not bear fruit for another two or three years.• The project may not begin to bear fruit for at least two years.• The years of work and attention were bearing fruit now, and suddenly this stroke of luck with Betty.• Never would she let the earth bear fruit until she had seen her daughter.• Networking A development which seems likely to bear fruit was the creation of a working party from within the panel.

10 INVESTIGATEable to be examined/compared etc 经得起检验/比较等 [often in negatives] to be suitable or good enough to be examined, compared, repeated etc without failing or being wrong 经得起〔检验、比较、重复等〕

The production figures did not bear scrutiny.

这个产量数据经不起推敲。

We believe our pupils’ results will bear comparison with any in Scotland.

我们相信，我校学生的成绩堪与苏格兰的任何一所学校相比。

The story is well known, but it certainly bears repeating.

这个故事是广为人知的，但它无疑也经得起传诵。

11 something doesn’t bear thinking about UNPLEASANTused to say that something is so upsetting or shocking that you prefer not to think about it 某事不堪设想

The long-term consequences of a nuclear leak don’t bear thinking about.

核泄漏造成的长期后果不堪设想。

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something doesn’t bear thinking about• The reaction I'll get when my parents find out doesn't even bear thinking about.

12. bear interest if a bank account, investment etc bears interest, the bank pays you a particular amount of money for keeping your money in the account 生利息

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bear interest• A part of the legacy, however, ceases to bear interest.

13 CARRYcarry 携带 literary to carry someone or something, especially something important 携带〔尤指重要的东西〕

The wedding guests arrived, bearing gifts.

参加婚礼的宾客带着礼物到来。

The US Constitution states that the people have a right to bear arms.

美国宪法上写明民众有权携带武器。

14 bring pressure/influence to bear (on somebody/something) POWERto use your influence or power to get what you want （对某人/某物）施加压力/影响

Unions can bring pressure to bear on governments.

工会可以对政府施加压力。

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bring pressure/influence to bear (on somebody/something)• As consumers in a capitalist society we have great power to bring pressure to bear.• In London Channel 4 journalists and Insight News, the production company, brought pressure to bear.• It is no longer our job to criticize or bring pressure to bear.• Those groups have brought pressure to bear on government to provide resources or pursue policies to the benefit of their members.• Workers have their own organisations which can bring pressure to bear on governments and make demands on the state.• On his eastern border, Ine brought pressure to bear on the eastern Saxons who were sheltering exiles from his kingdom.

15 bear witness/testimony to something formalSHOW/BE A SIGN OF to show that something is true or exists 见证某事，为某事证明

The empty workshops bear witness to the industrial past.

空空的工场见证了工业的历史。

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bear witness/testimony to something• The Renaissance bears witness to a sociology, a psychology of joy.• Punta Banda's ghostly streets, vacant houses and shuttered hotel bear testimony to dreams gone sour.• Sparrow's books bear witness to his movement in the most exclusive circles.• The current trial of Timothy McVeigh in the Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 persons bears witness to that.• Photographs taken in 1904 bear witness to the extent of these repairs.• They bear witness to the precious quality of the embryo and the birth process.• The human genome bears witness to this process, too.• They alone bear witness to uneasiness and possible stress.

16 ANGRYhave feelings 怀有某种情感 formal to have a particular feeling, especially a bad feeling 怀有〔某种情感，尤指不好的情感〕

bear (somebody) a grudge (=continue to feel annoyed after a long time) （对某人）怀恨在心

It was an accident. I don’t bear any grudges.

这是个意外，我并没有放在心上。

bear somebody no malice/ill will etc (=not feel angry) 对某人没有恶意/敌意等

He was just doing his job, and I bore him no malice.

他只是在做他的工作，我不怨他。

17 bear right/left TTCWAY/ROUTEto turn towards the right or left 向右转/向左转

When you reach the fork in the trail, bear left.

走到小路分岔的地方时左转。

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bear right/left• The road bears to the right.• Go through gate then bear right across field heading for stile that can be seen on skyline.• On reaching the saddle bear right along the ridge to the summit.• Stay on the main track, bearing left at the fork two miles in.• After descending, bear left on to the grassy bridleway which joins the road.• From St Martin's church bear left past Cwmyoy Farm.• His eyes bore right through me.• I came to the place in the road where you bear left to go down to the valley of Chimayo.• Bear left where the road divides.

18 bear yourself formalWALKSTAND/BEAR to walk, stand etc in a particular way, especially when this shows your character 表现；保持某种举止

She bore herself with great dignity.

她端庄极了。

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bear yourself• Throughout the trial, she bore herself with great dignity.• She was very pale, but bore herself with rigid composure.

19 CMOVE something OR somebodywind/water 风/水 literary if wind, water, or air bears something, it carries it somewhere 吹动；传送

The sound of music was borne along on the wind.

乐声随风飘送。

20 NAME OF A THINGname/title 姓名/头衔 formal to have a particular name or title 具有，拥有〔名字或头衔〕

He bore the name ‘Magnus’.

他有“伟大者”之称。

n COLLOCATIONS

bear + NOUN

bear the pain

He knew that he couldn’t bear the pain much longer.

bear the heat/cold

Some people find it hard to bear the heat in the summer.

bear the strain/pressure

Mark couldn’t bear the pressure of the job any longer.

phrases

can hardly bear something (=find something very difficult or upsetting to do)

He was so ashamed that he could hardly bear to look at her.

be unable to bear something

Fiona was unable to bear the thought of selling the house.

be hard to bear

The situation was very hard to bear.

be more than somebody can bear

He sometimes felt the grief was more than he could bear.

bear the brunt of something (=be in the worst position and have to deal with it)

Shareholders will bear the brunt of the company’s financial troubles.

grin and bear it (=accept it without complaining)

It was a horrible job but she had to grin and bear it.

5 FREQUENCY 使用频率

PHRASAL VERBS

21 bear down phrasal verbphr v

a) bear down on somebody/somethingMOVE/CHANGE POSITION

i. to move quickly towards a person or place in a threatening way 向某人/某物逼近；冲向某人/某物

a storm bearing down on the island

逐渐逼近该岛的一场暴风雨

ii. to behave in a threatening or controlling way towards a person or group 向某人施加压力；严厉对待某人

Federal regulators have been bearing down on campaign contributors.

联邦监管人员一直向竞选捐助人施加压力。

b) PRESSto use all your strength and effort to push or press down on something 使劲推，用力压下

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bear down on somebody/something• Yussuf bore down on her in a fury.• A stillness which seemed to bear down on her like a physical presence.• These thoughts bear down on me as I sit here on this third night of writing.• His eyes bore down on me out of a somewhat hawklike face, and I immediately became flustered.• The Pequod bears down on the area and comes between the whale and the floundering seamen.• For those who find Christmas suddenly bearing down on them, the build-up to the day is one blur of activity.• Five or six men, horsed, masked and well-armed, burst from a clump of trees and bore down on them.• Meanwhile, the New Zealand Interislander Ferry is bearing down on us like a 350-foot long, 40-foot tall aquatic freight train.

22 bear on/upon something phrasal verbphr v formal CONNECTED WITHto relate to and possibly influence something 与…有联系，与…有关

the national policies which bear on these problems

涉及此类问题的国家政策

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bear on/upon • Each processor is brought to bear on a problem at once.• We have seen in the present chapter that a number of forces bear upon both supply and demand.• Although often oversimplified or oversold, some of the principles of the human potential movement bear on business organizations.• Third, the use of violence and the level of repression have a direct bearing on movement outcomes.• How do these findings bear upon our earlier discussion of Zande witchcraft?• This chapter has reviewed a wide range of research which may bear on relationships between subjective risk and memory for driving situations.• Mr Lewis was talking to him when we came up the stairs, and he slapped the bear on the back.• Employers brought maximum pressure to bear on workers in order to restore order: recalcitrant strikers faced lock-outs.

23 bear somebody/sth↔ out phrasal verbphr v PROVEif facts or information bear out a claim, story, opinion etc, they help to prove that it is true 为…作证，证实，支持〔某种说法、看法等〕 SYN support

Evidence bears out the idea that students learn best in small groups.

有证据显示，学生以小组方式学习效果最佳。

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bear out• A later and quite definitive study conducted by Miller between 1973 and 1978 bore this out.• But that is what Jim believed, and as a biologist he suspected that science might one day bear him out.• Multicompany studies bear these findings out.• Persistent conflicts of interest, resulting in periodic political and economic crises, bear this out.• The nature of Christmas spend would seem to bear this out.• The story of the pithead baths bears him out.• One of the bears stepped out over the rim of the ruins and waved its paws.• Tests using Auto cad bore this out with an overall 55% increase in shade operations falling to 16% in subtract operations.

24 bear up phrasal verbphr v BRAVEto show courage or determination during a difficult or unpleasant time 〔在困难的时候〕支持住，挺住

How is he bearing up since the accident?

那次事故以后他是怎么挺过来的？

25 bear with somebody/something phrasal verbphr v

a) bear with me spokenWAIT used to ask someone politely to wait while you find out information, finish what you are doing etc 等我一会儿，请你稍等〔用于礼貌地请求某人等你找出信息、做完手头的事情等〕

Bear with me a minute, and I’ll check if Mr Garrard’s in.

请等一下，我看看加勒德先生在不在。

b) WAITto be patient or continue to do something difficult or unpleasant 容忍，忍耐

It’s boring, but please bear with it.

是很没劲，但请你忍耐一下。

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bear with me• But I hope to learn these soon if anybody will have the goodness to bear with me.• Bear with me for a minute while I check our records.• Bear with me for just a couple of minutes while I find my notes.• If you'll just bear with me, I'll explain.• To explain just why, you will have to bear with me while I explain about the naming of modern medical potions.

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bear• A messenger arrived, bearing a letter from the ambassador.• Her loneliness was hard to bear, after her husband died.• They arrived in Israel on the same plane that bore Assad's coffin.• There Charles went solo again, unveiling a plaque - which bore both their names - as Diana stood meekly behind him.• Jean will never be able to bear children.• Some products that bear freshness dates are cheeses, breakfast cereals, bakery products, and mayonnaise.• Never would she let the earth bear fruit until she had seen her daughter.• Several of the guests arrived bearing gifts.• I really can't bear him.• The ice wasn't thick enough to bear his weight.• The trial was a great scandal but she bore it all with courage and dignity.• I can not bear it any longer, I am crying now.• My leg really hurts -- I'm not sure how much longer I can bear it.• Dissident radicals of all sorts were assumed to bear loyalty to alien ideologies, and deportation became the fate of many.• You know, as in, which one bore more excitement and panache.• For Blanche the atmosphere bore no resemblance to the glamorous, fun-filled evening promised in the advertisements.• An oak table bore several photographs of the family.• At the head of the procession a group of dark-suited men bore the coffin into the church.• The tunnel would have needed to be extremely strong to bear the full weight of the earth above.• The list bore the names of people still missing after the disaster.• Talking to a counsellor can help divorcees to bear the pain of separation.• He bore the pain stoically.• She bears the title of "Executive Director."• The baby's narrow neck looked too fragile to bear the weight of its head.• The police are asking residents to keep an eye out for a person bearing this description.• A close scrutiny of films showing lions killing zebras does not bear this out.• The melon rind bore traces of a rare type of the Salmonella bacteria.

can bear• The rise in interest rates may be more than the economy can bear.• His face is enormous, almost more than I can bear.• Name seven different forms of ejecta from impact craters, and four topographic features that impact craters can bear.• They can bear a grudge for ever, like a fire in a mine.• Still I approve of his wish that the next time round he will become a woman so that he can bear children.• Obviously, too, they are policies which will take years of consistent application before they can bear fruit.• He can bear me no malice.• The designer whose work can bear such attention successfully is a rare talent indeed.• The use of computers in production is extending all the time, as fully-automated plants and robots can bear witness.

bear the costs/burden• It is better that I alone bear the burden.• The rates were incapable of bearing the burden in their view and they expressed cautious support for a local income tax.• Share prices had therefore to bear the burden of adjustment.• For the moment, capital was bearing the costs of overaccumulation.• Is the potential for misidentification any less when the defence bear the burden of proof?• The buyers therefore had to bear the costs of the deterioration.• The insured must bear the costs of the Engineers fees unless liability is subsequently established under the policy.• The Legal Aid Fund bears the costs risk rather than the litigant.

bear ... weight• Differences that had seemed slight when they were in their early twenties now bore social weight.• His arms were numb, his hands too weak to bear his weight.• I went down the steps, slowly, enjoying the way each step bore my weight.• As a foundation it is inadequate to bear the weight of the case that Mr. McGregor sought to build upon it.• If the floor is properly framed, you should not need extra support underneath to bear the weight of the fireplace.• The Hooper who existed in Brideshead Revisited, though, bore all the weight of Waugh's opprobrium.• Perhaps this distinction is too little to bear the weight placed on it.• But to my mind neither section 8 nor the Gillick decision will bear the weight which he seeks to place upon them.

bears the scars• This boat was used in an Indiana Jones film and still bears the scars.• His twice broken kneecap still bears the scars - for Lawrence today was the test he's been waiting for.• The morning after, Jim Bob bears the scars of a sojourn in the moshpit.

bear somebody a child/son/daughter• Even if women are raped, he says, they should be legally required to bear the children.• Next, their wives were fed since they could bear more children.• Perhaps it was just as well, Eline thought dismally, she was barren, unable to bear a child.• Women are now expected to bear 1.17 children, down from 1.89 in 1990.• She bore two children, Hercules to Zeus and Iphicles to Amphitryon.• Others develop the feeling of bearing a child more gradually.• The wide-ranging designs include a teddy bear switch for children's bedrooms.• Authorities fear the girl will attempt to bear the child without medical attention.

bear scrutiny• A world that would be liked by contemporary people which do not always bear scrutiny.• The material did not bear scrutiny.• His relationship background didn't bear scrutiny either, having virtually abandoned his first wife and three other children.

bear arms• All civilians possessing army-distributed guns must return them and undergo physical and psychological tests to determine their fitness to bear arms.• Esquires are described simply as men who bear arms.• The total census of the towns comes to just under 300,000 people of whom some 60,000 were capable of bearing arms.• There is no constitutional right to bear arms.• Women who choose to find employment in military institutions want therefore to be allowed to bear arms and to fight.• John Hostettler, R-Ind., who once suggested that the constitutional right to bear arms included nuclear weapons; and Rep.• He climbed in the Communist ranks to colonel, without ever bearing arms or wearing a uniform.• The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed by law.

bear (somebody) a grudge• Even back then it was clear they were bearing a grudge.• It would not do to have Miss Blagden imagine she bore any grudge.• Lets hope they don't bear a grudge!• He said both men came from deprived backgrounds and bore a grudge against the area in which they lived.• Does some one bear a grudge against Vallejo?• Drought-lovers are natural container plants and will not bear a grudge if you forget to water them.• Guenelon bears a grudge in his heart, which eventually blossoms into a scheme for revenge.• Otis, who bore lifelong grudges over provocations infinitely smaller than this, was realistic enough to know when he was had.

Related topics: Animals, Stocks & shares

ldoce_019_cbear2 noun [countableC]

HBAa large strong animal with thick fur, that eats flesh, fruit, and insects 熊

a mother bear and her cubs

母熊和它的熊崽们

→ grizzly bear, polar bear, teddy bear →5 See picture of bear 熊, panda 熊猫, polar bear 北极熊 →4 See picture of 见图 bear

2 American EnglishAmE informal something that is very difficult to do or to deal with 难做的事情；棘手的事情

The chemistry test was a bear.

这个化学测验难度很大。

3. be like a bear with a sore head British EnglishBrE informalBAD-TEMPERED to be rude to people because you are feeling bad-tempered 脾气暴躁

4. BFS technical someone who sells shares or goods when they expect the price to fall 〔股市或期货〕看跌的人，卖空的人 → bull

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bear• Zeus got after her one morning in the guise of a brown bear.• With few bears and wolves about these days, elk rule their forest habitat.• Barnett replied drily that Davis's best option was to feed the gingerbread to his bears.• Also pictured with funnyman Les is Barnardos' best-known bear and official mascot, Barnaby.• The federal estate tax form is a real bear to fill out.• Buy teddy bear wrapping paper for decorations.• After three weeks out in the field Skipper looked like an overgrown teddy bear.• Visitors to the park are warned not to feed the bears.• Giraffes and upstanding bears are more popular than snakes, rats and spiders.

From Longman Business Dictionary

bearbear /beəber/ noun [countableC]FINANCE

someone who thinks that prices of shares, bonds, currencies, or basic goods are going to fall, and who may sell shares, bonds etc they do not actually own, expecting to be able to obtain them more cheaply later, before they have to deliver them to the buyer

The bears argue that after the stock market’s dramatic rise, shares are bound to fall again.

The bears took hold of the company, sending the shares 5p lower to 159p.

A contingent of dollar bears (=people who think that the price of the dollar is going to fall) still persists in the market.

→ compare bull

Origin bear1

Old English beran

bear2

Old English bera

→REGISTER1 →n COLLOCATIONS1 →5 FREQUENCY1 →PHRASAL VERBS1bear2 noun

词汇	bear
释义	bear Word family noun bearer bearablenessbearingbearishnessbearberrybearbinebearcatbear hugbear marketbearskinbearwardadjective bearable ≠ unbearable bearishverb bear adverb bearably ≠ unbearably bearishly Related topics: Birth ldoce_705_zbear1 /beə $ ber/ ●●● S2 W2 verb (past tensepst bore /bɔː $ bɔːr/, past participlepp borne /bɔːn $ bɔːrn/) [transitiveT] → bare 1 deal with STH 应付某事BRAVE to bravely accept or deal with a painful, difficult, or upsetting situation 忍受，忍耐，经受住 SYN stand She was afraid she wouldn’t be able to bear the pain. 她恐怕自己忍受不了这种痛苦。 Overcrowding makes prison life even harder to bear. 过度拥挤使监狱生活更加难以忍受。 Make the water as hot as you can bear. 把水温调到你能忍受的最高温度。 The humiliation was more than he could bear. 这样的羞辱是他万万不能忍受的。 Black people continue to bear the brunt of most racial violence (=have to deal with the most difficult or damaging part). 在大多数种族暴力事件中，黑人仍然是首当其冲的受害群体。 Passengers could be insulting, and stewardesses just had to grin and bear it (=accept it without complaining). 乘客有时会破口大骂，而乘务员只能微笑着默默忍受。 Experts were worried the financial system would not be able to bear the strain. 专家担心现行金融体系承受不了这样的压力。 Register In everyday English, people usually say that they can’t stand something, rather than that they can't bear it: 在日常英语中，人们一般说can’t stand，而不说can’t bear I couldn’t stand the noise any longer. 我再也受不了那噪音了。 2 can’t bear something spoken a) SUFFERto be so upset about something that you feel unable to accept it or let it happen 接受不了某事 SYN can’t stand Please don’t leave me. I couldn’t bear it. 请你不要离开我，我受不了。 can’t bear the thought of (doing) something I just can’t bear the thought of having to start all over. 我想都不敢想要从头开始。 can’t bear to do something I can’t bear to see her cry. 我不忍心看见她哭。 can’t bear doing something I couldn’t bear not seeing him again. 我不能忍受再也见不到他。 b) DON'T LIKEto dislike something or someone very much, often so that they make you feel annoyed or impatient 忍受不了某事/某人 SYN can’t stand Oh, I really can’t bear him. 噢，我实在受不了他。 can’t bear somebody doing something He can’t bear people smoking while he’s eating. 他受不了有人在他吃饭的时候吸烟。 can’t bear doing something I can’t bear being cold. 我怕冷。 Examples from the Corpus can’t bear to do something• She was the kind of person who just couldn't bear to throw anything away. 3 bear (something) in mind REMEMBERto remember a fact or piece of information that is important or could be useful in the future 记住（某事），把（某事）记在心里 SYN keep (something) in mind bear in mind (that) Bear in mind that some children will need help. 记住，有些孩子需要帮助。 Examples from the Corpus bear (something) in mind• Thanks, I'll bear that in mind.• I said I would bear his suggestion in mind.• If he had ... no conclusions yet, just bear it in mind.• My right hon. Friend should bear that in mind.• The Prime Minister I will certainly bear that in mind.• The problem is largely an insuperable one, and all we can do at this stage is to bear it in mind.• Tourists must bear in mind that they are visitors in another country.• Mr. Clarke Any intelligent parent, intelligent governor or intelligent newspaper person will bear it in mind that various factors influence results.• Thus, firms entering overseas markets must bear this in mind when introducing new products or services.• It is important that we bear these differences in mind when we attempt to analyse the formal nature of public sector organisations. 4 accept/be responsible for 接受/承担 formalPAY FOR to be responsible for or accept something 承担，负担 bear the costs/burden Each company will bear half the costs of development. 两家公司将均摊开发费用。 Fares have gone up, perhaps to more than the market will bear. 票价上涨了，而且可能超出了市场的承受能力。 bear the responsibility/blame etc Developed countries bear much of the responsibility for environmental problems. 发达国家对环境问题负有主要责任。 5 support 支持SUPPORT/HOLD UP to be under something and support it 支撑，承受，支承〔重量〕 SYN hold My leg was painful, and I wasn’t sure it would bear my weight. 我的腿痛，不知道是否还能承受我身体的重量。 a tray bearing a bottle and several glasses 摆着一个瓶子和几个杯子的托盘 a load-bearing wall 承重墙 6 SHOW/BE A SIGN OFsign/mark 标记/记号 formal to have or show a sign, mark, or particular appearance, especially when this shows that something has happened or is true 带有〔某种标记或外观特征〕 SYN have The letter bore no signature. 这封信上没有署名。 a car bearing diplomatic license plates 挂外交牌照的车 The labels bear a yellow and black symbol. 标签上有一个黄黑两色的标记。 The town still bears the scars of the bombings during the war. 城里依然可见战时轰炸留下的疮痍。 The store bears the hallmarks (=it has the qualities) of a family-owned business. 这个商店有家族企业的特色。 7 bear a resemblance/relation to somebody/something LIKE/SIMILARto be similar to someone or something else 与某人/某物相似/有关 The child bore a striking resemblance to his father. 这个孩子长得跟他父亲非常相像。 The things she says bear little relation to what she actually does. 她言行不一。 Examples from the Corpus bear a resemblance/relation to somebody/something• Bellow supported Roth's early work, and Roth's work was to bear a resemblance to Bellow's.• The medical model is explicit: Teaching bears a resemblance to the practice of medicine. 8 MBBABY/HAVE A BABYbaby 婴儿 formal to give birth to a baby 生育 She might never be able to bear children. 她可能永远无法生育。 bear somebody a child/son/daughter She bore him three sons. 她为他生了三个儿子。 9 bear fruit a) SUCCEED IN DOING somethingif a plan, decision etc bears fruit, it is successful, especially after a long period of time 〔尤指计划、决定等经过长时间之后〕有成果，成功 Charles’s diplomacy eventually bore fruit. 查尔斯的外交手段终于取得了成果。 b) HBPTAif a tree bears fruit, it produces fruit 〔树〕结果 Examples from the Corpus bear fruit• The boys remained optimistic that their musical career might bear fruit.• Some investment does not bear fruit.• The first is that the policies have largely been implemented as intended and that they are bearing fruit.• Then he continued to the town with the apple tree and told the townsman how to make the tree bear fruit again.• However, these plants will not bear fruit as a rule.• It bears fruit continuously throughout the growing season.• The campaign for debt relief will not bear fruit for another two or three years.• The project may not begin to bear fruit for at least two years.• The years of work and attention were bearing fruit now, and suddenly this stroke of luck with Betty.• Never would she let the earth bear fruit until she had seen her daughter.• Networking A development which seems likely to bear fruit was the creation of a working party from within the panel. 10 INVESTIGATEable to be examined/compared etc 经得起检验/比较等 [often in negatives] to be suitable or good enough to be examined, compared, repeated etc without failing or being wrong 经得起〔检验、比较、重复等〕 The production figures did not bear scrutiny. 这个产量数据经不起推敲。 We believe our pupils’ results will bear comparison with any in Scotland. 我们相信，我校学生的成绩堪与苏格兰的任何一所学校相比。 The story is well known, but it certainly bears repeating. 这个故事是广为人知的，但它无疑也经得起传诵。 11 something doesn’t bear thinking about UNPLEASANTused to say that something is so upsetting or shocking that you prefer not to think about it 某事不堪设想 The long-term consequences of a nuclear leak don’t bear thinking about. 核泄漏造成的长期后果不堪设想。 Examples from the Corpus something doesn’t bear thinking about• The reaction I'll get when my parents find out doesn't even bear thinking about. 12. bear interest if a bank account, investment etc bears interest, the bank pays you a particular amount of money for keeping your money in the account 生利息 Examples from the Corpus bear interest• A part of the legacy, however, ceases to bear interest. 13 CARRYcarry 携带 literary to carry someone or something, especially something important 携带〔尤指重要的东西〕 The wedding guests arrived, bearing gifts. 参加婚礼的宾客带着礼物到来。 The US Constitution states that the people have a right to bear arms. 美国宪法上写明民众有权携带武器。 14 bring pressure/influence to bear (on somebody/something) POWERto use your influence or power to get what you want （对某人/某物）施加压力/影响 Unions can bring pressure to bear on governments. 工会可以对政府施加压力。 Examples from the Corpus bring pressure/influence to bear (on somebody/something)• As consumers in a capitalist society we have great power to bring pressure to bear.• In London Channel 4 journalists and Insight News, the production company, brought pressure to bear.• It is no longer our job to criticize or bring pressure to bear.• Those groups have brought pressure to bear on government to provide resources or pursue policies to the benefit of their members.• Workers have their own organisations which can bring pressure to bear on governments and make demands on the state.• On his eastern border, Ine brought pressure to bear on the eastern Saxons who were sheltering exiles from his kingdom. 15 bear witness/testimony to something formalSHOW/BE A SIGN OF to show that something is true or exists 见证某事，为某事证明 The empty workshops bear witness to the industrial past. 空空的工场见证了工业的历史。 Examples from the Corpus bear witness/testimony to something• The Renaissance bears witness to a sociology, a psychology of joy.• Punta Banda's ghostly streets, vacant houses and shuttered hotel bear testimony to dreams gone sour.• Sparrow's books bear witness to his movement in the most exclusive circles.• The current trial of Timothy McVeigh in the Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 persons bears witness to that.• Photographs taken in 1904 bear witness to the extent of these repairs.• They bear witness to the precious quality of the embryo and the birth process.• The human genome bears witness to this process, too.• They alone bear witness to uneasiness and possible stress. 16 ANGRYhave feelings 怀有某种情感 formal to have a particular feeling, especially a bad feeling 怀有〔某种情感，尤指不好的情感〕 bear (somebody) a grudge (=continue to feel annoyed after a long time) （对某人）怀恨在心 It was an accident. I don’t bear any grudges. 这是个意外，我并没有放在心上。 bear somebody no malice/ill will etc (=not feel angry) 对某人没有恶意/敌意等 He was just doing his job, and I bore him no malice. 他只是在做他的工作，我不怨他。 17 bear right/left TTCWAY/ROUTEto turn towards the right or left 向右转/向左转 When you reach the fork in the trail, bear left. 走到小路分岔的地方时左转。 Examples from the Corpus bear right/left• The road bears to the right.• Go through gate then bear right across field heading for stile that can be seen on skyline.• On reaching the saddle bear right along the ridge to the summit.• Stay on the main track, bearing left at the fork two miles in.• After descending, bear left on to the grassy bridleway which joins the road.• From St Martin's church bear left past Cwmyoy Farm.• His eyes bore right through me.• I came to the place in the road where you bear left to go down to the valley of Chimayo.• Bear left where the road divides. 18 bear yourself formalWALKSTAND/BEAR to walk, stand etc in a particular way, especially when this shows your character 表现；保持某种举止 She bore herself with great dignity. 她端庄极了。 Examples from the Corpus bear yourself• Throughout the trial, she bore herself with great dignity.• She was very pale, but bore herself with rigid composure. 19 CMOVE something OR somebodywind/water 风/水 literary if wind, water, or air bears something, it carries it somewhere 吹动；传送 The sound of music was borne along on the wind. 乐声随风飘送。 20 NAME OF A THINGname/title 姓名/头衔 formal to have a particular name or title 具有，拥有〔名字或头衔〕 He bore the name ‘Magnus’. 他有“伟大者”之称。 n COLLOCATIONS bear + NOUN bear the pain He knew that he couldn’t bear the pain much longer. bear the heat/cold Some people find it hard to bear the heat in the summer. bear the strain/pressure Mark couldn’t bear the pressure of the job any longer. phrases can hardly bear something (=find something very difficult or upsetting to do) He was so ashamed that he could hardly bear to look at her. be unable to bear something Fiona was unable to bear the thought of selling the house. be hard to bear The situation was very hard to bear. be more than somebody can bear He sometimes felt the grief was more than he could bear. bear the brunt of something (=be in the worst position and have to deal with it) Shareholders will bear the brunt of the company’s financial troubles. grin and bear it (=accept it without complaining) It was a horrible job but she had to grin and bear it. 5 FREQUENCY 使用频率 PHRASAL VERBS 21 bear down phrasal verbphr v a) bear down on somebody/somethingMOVE/CHANGE POSITION i. to move quickly towards a person or place in a threatening way 向某人/某物逼近；冲向某人/某物 a storm bearing down on the island 逐渐逼近该岛的一场暴风雨 ii. to behave in a threatening or controlling way towards a person or group 向某人施加压力；严厉对待某人 Federal regulators have been bearing down on campaign contributors. 联邦监管人员一直向竞选捐助人施加压力。 b) PRESSto use all your strength and effort to push or press down on something 使劲推，用力压下 Examples from the Corpus bear down on somebody/something• Yussuf bore down on her in a fury.• A stillness which seemed to bear down on her like a physical presence.• These thoughts bear down on me as I sit here on this third night of writing.• His eyes bore down on me out of a somewhat hawklike face, and I immediately became flustered.• The Pequod bears down on the area and comes between the whale and the floundering seamen.• For those who find Christmas suddenly bearing down on them, the build-up to the day is one blur of activity.• Five or six men, horsed, masked and well-armed, burst from a clump of trees and bore down on them.• Meanwhile, the New Zealand Interislander Ferry is bearing down on us like a 350-foot long, 40-foot tall aquatic freight train. 22 bear on/upon something phrasal verbphr v formal CONNECTED WITHto relate to and possibly influence something 与…有联系，与…有关 the national policies which bear on these problems 涉及此类问题的国家政策 Examples from the Corpus bear on/upon • Each processor is brought to bear on a problem at once.• We have seen in the present chapter that a number of forces bear upon both supply and demand.• Although often oversimplified or oversold, some of the principles of the human potential movement bear on business organizations.• Third, the use of violence and the level of repression have a direct bearing on movement outcomes.• How do these findings bear upon our earlier discussion of Zande witchcraft?• This chapter has reviewed a wide range of research which may bear on relationships between subjective risk and memory for driving situations.• Mr Lewis was talking to him when we came up the stairs, and he slapped the bear on the back.• Employers brought maximum pressure to bear on workers in order to restore order: recalcitrant strikers faced lock-outs. 23 bear somebody/sth↔ out phrasal verbphr v PROVEif facts or information bear out a claim, story, opinion etc, they help to prove that it is true 为…作证，证实，支持〔某种说法、看法等〕 SYN support Evidence bears out the idea that students learn best in small groups. 有证据显示，学生以小组方式学习效果最佳。 Examples from the Corpus bear out• A later and quite definitive study conducted by Miller between 1973 and 1978 bore this out.• But that is what Jim believed, and as a biologist he suspected that science might one day bear him out.• Multicompany studies bear these findings out.• Persistent conflicts of interest, resulting in periodic political and economic crises, bear this out.• The nature of Christmas spend would seem to bear this out.• The story of the pithead baths bears him out.• One of the bears stepped out over the rim of the ruins and waved its paws.• Tests using Auto cad bore this out with an overall 55% increase in shade operations falling to 16% in subtract operations. 24 bear up phrasal verbphr v BRAVEto show courage or determination during a difficult or unpleasant time 〔在困难的时候〕支持住，挺住 How is he bearing up since the accident? 那次事故以后他是怎么挺过来的？ 25 bear with somebody/something phrasal verbphr v a) bear with me spokenWAIT used to ask someone politely to wait while you find out information, finish what you are doing etc 等我一会儿，请你稍等〔用于礼貌地请求某人等你找出信息、做完手头的事情等〕 Bear with me a minute, and I’ll check if Mr Garrard’s in. 请等一下，我看看加勒德先生在不在。 b) WAITto be patient or continue to do something difficult or unpleasant 容忍，忍耐 It’s boring, but please bear with it. 是很没劲，但请你忍耐一下。 Examples from the Corpus bear with me• But I hope to learn these soon if anybody will have the goodness to bear with me.• Bear with me for a minute while I check our records.• Bear with me for just a couple of minutes while I find my notes.• If you'll just bear with me, I'll explain.• To explain just why, you will have to bear with me while I explain about the naming of modern medical potions. Examples from the Corpus bear• A messenger arrived, bearing a letter from the ambassador.• Her loneliness was hard to bear, after her husband died.• They arrived in Israel on the same plane that bore Assad's coffin.• There Charles went solo again, unveiling a plaque - which bore both their names - as Diana stood meekly behind him.• Jean will never be able to bear children.• Some products that bear freshness dates are cheeses, breakfast cereals, bakery products, and mayonnaise.• Never would she let the earth bear fruit until she had seen her daughter.• Several of the guests arrived bearing gifts.• I really can't bear him.• The ice wasn't thick enough to bear his weight.• The trial was a great scandal but she bore it all with courage and dignity.• I can not bear it any longer, I am crying now.• My leg really hurts -- I'm not sure how much longer I can bear it.• Dissident radicals of all sorts were assumed to bear loyalty to alien ideologies, and deportation became the fate of many.• You know, as in, which one bore more excitement and panache.• For Blanche the atmosphere bore no resemblance to the glamorous, fun-filled evening promised in the advertisements.• An oak table bore several photographs of the family.• At the head of the procession a group of dark-suited men bore the coffin into the church.• The tunnel would have needed to be extremely strong to bear the full weight of the earth above.• The list bore the names of people still missing after the disaster.• Talking to a counsellor can help divorcees to bear the pain of separation.• He bore the pain stoically.• She bears the title of "Executive Director."• The baby's narrow neck looked too fragile to bear the weight of its head.• The police are asking residents to keep an eye out for a person bearing this description.• A close scrutiny of films showing lions killing zebras does not bear this out.• The melon rind bore traces of a rare type of the Salmonella bacteria. can bear• The rise in interest rates may be more than the economy can bear.• His face is enormous, almost more than I can bear.• Name seven different forms of ejecta from impact craters, and four topographic features that impact craters can bear.• They can bear a grudge for ever, like a fire in a mine.• Still I approve of his wish that the next time round he will become a woman so that he can bear children.• Obviously, too, they are policies which will take years of consistent application before they can bear fruit.• He can bear me no malice.• The designer whose work can bear such attention successfully is a rare talent indeed.• The use of computers in production is extending all the time, as fully-automated plants and robots can bear witness. bear the costs/burden• It is better that I alone bear the burden.• The rates were incapable of bearing the burden in their view and they expressed cautious support for a local income tax.• Share prices had therefore to bear the burden of adjustment.• For the moment, capital was bearing the costs of overaccumulation.• Is the potential for misidentification any less when the defence bear the burden of proof?• The buyers therefore had to bear the costs of the deterioration.• The insured must bear the costs of the Engineers fees unless liability is subsequently established under the policy.• The Legal Aid Fund bears the costs risk rather than the litigant. bear ... weight• Differences that had seemed slight when they were in their early twenties now bore social weight.• His arms were numb, his hands too weak to bear his weight.• I went down the steps, slowly, enjoying the way each step bore my weight.• As a foundation it is inadequate to bear the weight of the case that Mr. McGregor sought to build upon it.• If the floor is properly framed, you should not need extra support underneath to bear the weight of the fireplace.• The Hooper who existed in Brideshead Revisited, though, bore all the weight of Waugh's opprobrium.• Perhaps this distinction is too little to bear the weight placed on it.• But to my mind neither section 8 nor the Gillick decision will bear the weight which he seeks to place upon them. bears the scars• This boat was used in an Indiana Jones film and still bears the scars.• His twice broken kneecap still bears the scars - for Lawrence today was the test he's been waiting for.• The morning after, Jim Bob bears the scars of a sojourn in the moshpit. bear somebody a child/son/daughter• Even if women are raped, he says, they should be legally required to bear the children.• Next, their wives were fed since they could bear more children.• Perhaps it was just as well, Eline thought dismally, she was barren, unable to bear a child.• Women are now expected to bear 1.17 children, down from 1.89 in 1990.• She bore two children, Hercules to Zeus and Iphicles to Amphitryon.• Others develop the feeling of bearing a child more gradually.• The wide-ranging designs include a teddy bear switch for children's bedrooms.• Authorities fear the girl will attempt to bear the child without medical attention. bear scrutiny• A world that would be liked by contemporary people which do not always bear scrutiny.• The material did not bear scrutiny.• His relationship background didn't bear scrutiny either, having virtually abandoned his first wife and three other children. bear arms• All civilians possessing army-distributed guns must return them and undergo physical and psychological tests to determine their fitness to bear arms.• Esquires are described simply as men who bear arms.• The total census of the towns comes to just under 300,000 people of whom some 60,000 were capable of bearing arms.• There is no constitutional right to bear arms.• Women who choose to find employment in military institutions want therefore to be allowed to bear arms and to fight.• John Hostettler, R-Ind., who once suggested that the constitutional right to bear arms included nuclear weapons; and Rep.• He climbed in the Communist ranks to colonel, without ever bearing arms or wearing a uniform.• The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed by law. bear (somebody) a grudge• Even back then it was clear they were bearing a grudge.• It would not do to have Miss Blagden imagine she bore any grudge.• Lets hope they don't bear a grudge!• He said both men came from deprived backgrounds and bore a grudge against the area in which they lived.• Does some one bear a grudge against Vallejo?• Drought-lovers are natural container plants and will not bear a grudge if you forget to water them.• Guenelon bears a grudge in his heart, which eventually blossoms into a scheme for revenge.• Otis, who bore lifelong grudges over provocations infinitely smaller than this, was realistic enough to know when he was had. Related topics: Animals, Stocks & shares ldoce_019_cbear2 ●●○ noun [countableC] 1 HBAa large strong animal with thick fur, that eats flesh, fruit, and insects 熊 a mother bear and her cubs 母熊和它的熊崽们 → grizzly bear, polar bear, teddy bear →5 See picture of bear 熊, panda 熊猫, polar bear 北极熊 →4 See picture of 见图 bear 2 American EnglishAmE informal something that is very difficult to do or to deal with 难做的事情；棘手的事情 The chemistry test was a bear. 这个化学测验难度很大。 3. be like a bear with a sore head British EnglishBrE informalBAD-TEMPERED to be rude to people because you are feeling bad-tempered 脾气暴躁 4. BFS technical someone who sells shares or goods when they expect the price to fall 〔股市或期货〕看跌的人，卖空的人 → bull Examples from the Corpus bear• Zeus got after her one morning in the guise of a brown bear.• With few bears and wolves about these days, elk rule their forest habitat.• Barnett replied drily that Davis's best option was to feed the gingerbread to his bears.• Also pictured with funnyman Les is Barnardos' best-known bear and official mascot, Barnaby.• The federal estate tax form is a real bear to fill out.• Buy teddy bear wrapping paper for decorations.• After three weeks out in the field Skipper looked like an overgrown teddy bear.• Visitors to the park are warned not to feed the bears.• Giraffes and upstanding bears are more popular than snakes, rats and spiders. From Longman Business Dictionary bearbear /beəber/ noun [countableC]FINANCE someone who thinks that prices of shares, bonds, currencies, or basic goods are going to fall, and who may sell shares, bonds etc they do not actually own, expecting to be able to obtain them more cheaply later, before they have to deliver them to the buyer The bears argue that after the stock market’s dramatic rise, shares are bound to fall again. The bears took hold of the company, sending the shares 5p lower to 159p. A contingent of dollar bears (=people who think that the price of the dollar is going to fall) still persists in the market. → compare bull Origin bear1 Old English beran bear2 Old English bera →REGISTER1 →n COLLOCATIONS1 →5 FREQUENCY1 →PHRASAL VERBS1bear2 noun
随便看	possessivenesses possessives possessor possessor possessors possessory possest possibilities possibility possible possibles possibly possum possum possums post- post postage postage-meter postage meter postagemeter postages postage-stamp postage stamp postagestamp 主事主产主人主人公主人家主人翁主仆主从主任主伐主位主体主体税主使主修主儿主(儿) 主光轴主公主凶主刀主刑主创主力主力军