| 单词 | onus |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['əunəs] |
| 解释 | n. 义务，负担 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 义务, 负担(a difficult, unpleasant task) 【记】 分割记忆：on－us， 在我们身上的'责任' |
| 字源 | onus (n.) 1640s, from Latin onus "load, burden," figuratively "tax, expense; trouble, difficulty," from PIE *en-es- "burden" (source of Sanskrit anah "cart, wagon"). Hence legal Latin onus probandi (1722), literally "burden of proving." |
| 不择手段背单词 | 无 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】源自onerous；on + us 在我们身上的→重担 |
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