热点词汇bear的用法

bear名词.“熊”的总称，引申为“粗暴无礼之人”，或“体格笨重之人”。

like a bear with a sore head

急性子；脾气暴躁

下面着重讨论bear作为动词用法。

1） bear作为动词，最主要的用法表示“忍耐、忍受”。

The pain was almost more than he could bear.

这种痛苦几乎使他无法忍受。

She couldn't bear the thought of losing him.

失去他的情况她想都不敢想。

A strong man will bear hardship without complaining.

一个坚强的人会忍受困苦而不抱怨。

They will have to bear the misery of living in constant fear of war. 他们将不得不忍受在没完没了的战争恐惧中生活的痛苦。

I cannot bear sleeping in a cold bed.

睡在冷冰冰的床上我受不了。

I can’t bear to see (seeing) people suffering. 我不忍看人受折磨。

请注意，can’t bear 后接动词可用to do或doing。

He can't bear being laughed at.

他无法忍受遭人嘲笑。

He can't bear to be laughed at.

他无法忍受遭人嘲笑。

2） 生（孩子）—bear作“生孩子”讲时，过去分词有两种形式：born和borne，区别为：表示人的出生时用born，表示“生育”或用于完成时态时，用borne。

He was born to wealthy parents.他出生于富贵人家。

She had borne him six sons.

她为他生了六个儿子。

She was not able to bear children.

她不能生育。

She was born into a very musical family.

她生于音乐之家。

Sam was born in the country and had a deep affinity with nature.

萨姆在乡下出生，特别喜爱大自然。

She bore him a daughter, Susanna. 她给他生了个女儿，叫苏珊娜。

My mother has borne three children. 我妈妈生了三个小孩

They found out nothing more save that she had borne a child.

他们只查明她生过一个孩子，其他情况一无所获。

3）bear的其他用法：包括“承担（费用或责任）”、“记住”，“携带”，“结果实”等，这些用法都由“生小孩”的本以引申而出。当然，bear在用作这些意思时，过去分词也是borne。

The ice was not thick enough to bear the weight of marching men. 冰的厚度不足以支撑行军队伍的重量。

The ice is too thin to bear your weight.

冰太薄，承受不住你的重量。

The cost will be borne by our company. 费用将由我司承担。

Patients should not have to bear the costs of their own treatment.

病人不应该自己承担治疗费用。

Consumers will have to bear the full cost of these pay increases.

消费者将不得不承担增加工资所需的全部费用。

She bore the responsibility for most of the changes.

她对大多数变革负责。

You shouldn't have to bear the blame for other people's mistakes.

你不应该非得代人受过。

There is one other point to be borne in mind. 还有另外一点需要铭记于心。

Mary’s work among the women will, I trust, bear fruit. 我相信玛丽在妇女中所做的工作会见成效的。

4）不适于\不值得某事（或做某事）not bear sth/doing sth（动名词的主动形式也表示被动含义）

The plan won't bear close inspection.

这项计划经不起仔细审查。

The joke doesn't bear repeating.

这个笑话不可说第二遍。

Your joke will bear repeating.

你的笑话百听不厌。

His sufferings don't bear thinking about .

他遭受的苦难不堪回首。

That things won’t bear thinking of.

那些事情不值得去想。

注意：bear作“忍受”解，其动名词有被动形式，根据具体情况事实是主动就用主动形式，事情是被动就是被动形式：

Some people cannot bear travelling by sea.

有些人忍受不了海上旅行。

I can’t bear being kept waiting.

我无法忍受别人叫我长时间地等候。

短语

1.bring sth to bear (on sb/sth)

把精力用于；对…施加压力（或影响等）

Pressure was brought to bear on us to finish the work on time.（有人）施压让我们按时完成工作。

We must bring all our energies to bear upon the task.

我们必须全力以赴不辱使命。

Pressure was brought to bear on us to finish the work on time.

我们得按时完成工作，没有回旋余地。

2.bear with sb/sth

耐心对待；容忍

She's under a lot of strain. Just bear with her.

她承受着很大的压力。对她要有耐心。

If you will bear with me (= be patient and listen to me) a little longer, I'll answer your question.

你如果能耐心点听我把话说完，我会回答你的问题的。

3.have a (heavy) cross to bear

有本难念的经；有苦难要忍受

We all have our crosses to bear.