英语词汇bear down upon的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	bear down upon
词源	bear down upon. The nautical practice of bearing down on another ship means to sail toward her rapidly from a position upwind. From this naval strategy comes the phrase to bear down upon, to put pressure on someone or something, which probably originated late in the 19th century.
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