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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。
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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
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
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
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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
9  bear fruit 
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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〕
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
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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〕
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
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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
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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〕
17  bear right/left TTCWAY/ROUTEto turn towards the right or left 向右转/向左转
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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
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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
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〕
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
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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]  
1  black_bear.jpg HBAa large strong animal with thick fur, that eats flesh, fruit, and insects 熊
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
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
bear1 verb
→10-20

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