millstone [ˈmɪlstoʊn]

例句:

• That contract proved to be a millstone around his neck.
  那个合同结果成了他的一个负担。
  来自柯林斯例句
• 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。
  
• 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.
  
• It's been a millstone to the US economy for far too long.
  来自SA
• Without them, the stadium will become a costly millstone around taxpayers' necks, they say.
  来自BBC
• Even by Nick Cave's dark-hearted standards, it's a weighty moniker to millstone a collection with.
  来自BBC