be burdened with official duties;devote all one’s energies to official documents and government papers ❍ 如今上了年纪，且～，于这怡情悦性的文章更生疏了。(《红楼梦》188)❶Now that I’m old and burdened with official duties I’ve quite lost the light touch required for belles-lettres. ❷And now that I am older and have to devote all my energies to official documents and goverment papers,I am even more out of touch with this sort of thing than I was then; …