bear down on

基本解釋

That reckoning, however, included measures of the dying Labour government adopted by its successor, which bear down on high earners.
然而做出這樣的預(yù)計，包括從垂死掙扎的工黨那里繼承來的措施，都是向高收入者施壓。
The forms completely distort your perspective of the building; it seems to flatten out from some vantage points and bear down on you from others.
這個形態(tài)完全顛覆了我們對建筑的觀點；從一些角度看它很扁平，從另外的角度看好像它要沖我們壓下來。
For people living in Louisiana's Gulf Coast, waiting for Gustav to bear down on them has been pretty alarming.
對生活在路易斯安那海邊的居民，等待颶風“古斯塔夫”，是非常令人驚恐不安的。

Movie studios seem stuck in a creative rut as the independent studios bear down on them with more interesting offerings.
FORBES: Magazine Article
On top of this, low import prices, which have also helped to bear down on inflation, may be beginning to disappear.
ECONOMIST: The economy
Keeping basic consumption cheap, and charging heavily only above a certain level, means that user-fees do not bear down on poor people.
ECONOMIST: California's economy