The financial burden of maintaining the historic bridge fell on the small town's annual budget.
维护这座历史桥梁的经济负担落在了小镇的年度预算上。
Economist Paolo Ricci notes that in cities where congestion pricing has been implemented, low-income drivers who cannot afford alternative transportation bear a disproportionate share of the fee's burden, even as wealthier drivers largely continue driving unaffected.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “burden”?
A — A heavy load, responsibility. “burden” means a heavy load, responsibility.
Which word means “a heavy load, responsibility”?
D — burden. “burden” means a heavy load, responsibility.
burden — a heavy load, responsibility. In Chinese: 负担，重担.
burden is pronounced /ˈbɜːrdn/.
The financial burden of maintaining the historic bridge fell on the small town's annual budget. (维护这座历史桥梁的经济负担落在了小镇的年度预算上。)
load, responsibility, weight — all close in meaning to burden (a heavy load, responsibility).
relief, advantage — each the opposite of burden (a heavy load, responsibility).
Yes. burden is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
bur(bear)+den(animal nest)