millstone

英['milstəun]美['milstəun]

n. 磨石;重担,负担

同：	[n.] albatross

"He's been thinking of furthering his studies abroad But. His aged mother, his wife and the children all become a millstone around his neck"
他一直打算出国留学,可是年迈的老母亲以及妻子和孩子成了他的沉重包袱收藏
It is wrong for some enterprises to regard medicare for the retired workers as a millstone round their neck
一些企业把退休职工的医疗待遇视作包袱，这是错误的收藏
as hard as the nether millstone
铁石心肠,冷酷的收藏
That mortgage has been like a millstone round my neck.
那笔抵押借款像是套在我脖子上的沉重负担。收藏
Sleeping on a millstone/expecting a turn of fortune
睡在磨盘上,想转了收藏

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(figurative) something that hinders or handicaps
- she was an albatross around his neck
[同] albatross, millstone
any load that is difficult to carry

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