bear down on

基本解释

That reckoning, however, included measures of the dying Labour government adopted by its successor, which bear down on high earners.
然而做出这样的预计，包括从垂死挣扎的工党那里继承来的措施，都是向高收入者施压。
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.
这个形态完全颠覆了我们对建筑的观点；从一些角度看它很扁平，从另外的角度看好像它要冲我们压下来。
For people living in Louisiana's Gulf Coast, waiting for Gustav to bear down on them has been pretty alarming.
对生活在路易斯安那海边的居民，等待飓风“古斯塔夫”，是非常令人惊恐不安的。

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