millstone

英 [ˈmɪlstəʊn]

美 [ˈmɪlstoʊn]

n. 磨石; 磨盘

复数：millstones　

BNC.21046 / COCA.29411

习惯用语

a millstone around/round your neck

难以摆脱的沉重负担
a difficult problem or responsibility that it seems impossible to solve or get rid of
My debts are a millstone around my neck.
债务成了我难以摆脱的负担。

noun

磨石；磨盘
one of two flat round stones used, especially in the past, to crush grain to make flour

磨石；磨盘
Amillstoneis a large, flat, round stone which is one of a pair of stones used to grind grain into flour.
PHRASE 重担;重负;累赘
If you describe something asa millstoneora millstone aroundyourneck, you mean that it is a very unpleasant problem or responsibility that you cannot escape from.
1. For today's politicians, the treaty is becoming a millstone...
  对于今天的政客而言，这个条约正在变成一个包袱。
2. That contract proved to be a millstone around his neck.
  那个合同结果成了他的一个负担。

noun

one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain
any load that is difficult to carry
(figurative) something that hinders or handicaps
1. she was an albatross around his neck
Synonym:albatross

For today's politicians, the treaty is becoming a millstone
对于今天的政客而言，这个条约正在变成一个包袱。
But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
凡使这信我的一个小子跌倒的，倒不如把大磨石拴在这人的颈项上，沉在深海里。
The lower millstone grinds as well as the upper.
低磨高磨，一样可以磨。
I can see into a millstone, as the saying is.
我正如俗语所说的一般能够洞察石磨。
Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea
一支强大的天使，然后拿起一个大磨盘巨石的大小和扔到海里它
Opening the sacks and keeping an eye on the millstone crushing the corn.
打开麻袋，守着石磨碾碎玉米的一番情景。
The debt becomes an even bigger millstone round the poor man's neck.
这笔债变成套在这穷人脖子上的更沉重的负担。
And as she went out the door, crash! the bird threw the millstone on her head, and it crushed her to death.
她刚一出去，小鸟把磨石扔到了她的头上，将她砸得粉碎。
And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull.
有一个妇人把一块上磨石抛在亚比米勒的头上，打破了他的脑骨。
The heavy millstone leaves him flat.
沉重的磨石将他砸扁。