millstone

['milstəun]

n. 磨石, 重担

例句与用法：

That mortgage has a millstone round my neck.

那个抵押使的背上了沉重的包袱。

My brother-in-law, who depends on us financially, has been a millstone round my neck ever since we married.

自从我们结婚以来，我的妻弟一直在经济上依靠我们，成了我们沉重的负担。

My debts were like a millstone round my neck.

我欠的债像是在脖子上套著个磨盘。

Her lazy husband is a millstone round her neck.

她的懒丈夫成了她的一个包袱。

详细释义：

n.[C]

1. 石磨; 磨石

2. 磨难; 重担, 重负

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。

短语词组：

a millstone round one's neck

1. 套在身上的沉重负担

His lazy son is a millstone round his neck.

他那懒散的儿子是套在他身上的一个沉重负担。

between the upper and nether millstone

1. 上下受夹攻; 备受不可抗拒的压力

He's between the upper and nether millstone.

他深受上下夹攻。