burden的意思是負擔；重擔；負荷；擔子；包袱。
burden可以用作名詞：burden用作名詞的基本意思是“重負”,指某人或某事在人的心中形成的負擔，含有“沈重的”或“額外的”意味。用於比喻時可指難以承擔的職責、義務、責任等。burden常與介詞of連用,表示“要點,要旨”,其謂語動詞壹般用單數形式。
burden用作名詞的用法例句：
The burden on his back seemed to be crushing him to the earth.
他背上的重負似乎要把他壓倒在地。
People on high incomes face a huge tax burden.
高收入的人面臨著沈重的納稅負擔。
The burden of organizing the campaign fell to me.
組織這次活動的責任落到了我頭上。
雙語例句：
1、The burden grew heavier in her heart and she lost her appetite, and got paler and paler.
她心裏的負擔越來越重，她失去了食欲，臉色越來越蒼白。
2、The developing countries bear the burden of an enormous external debt.
發展中國家背負著巨額外債的負擔。
3、They have been looking to trust companies in particular to trim their balance sheets and lessen their regulatory burden.
他們壹直指望著給那些努力削減其資產負債表的信托公司放貸,減輕其監管負擔。
4、A burden was taken off the South by the loss of that Vietnam War.
越南戰爭的失敗減輕了南方的負擔。
5、Every time you can't decide，you burden yourself with alternatives.
每次妳無法做出決定時，妳就給自己增加了選擇的負擔。