encumbrance

英 [ɪn'kʌmbr(ə)ns; en-] 美[ɪn'kʌmbrəns]
  • n. 累赘;妨害物
近义词 weight crossing tension

英英释义


1. an onerous or difficult concern;
"the burden of responsibility"
"that's a load off my mind"
2. a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
3. any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

实用场景例句


I felt I was being an encumbrance to them.
我感到自己成了他们的累赘。

牛津词典

Magdalena considered the past an irrelevant encumbrance.
玛格达莱娜把过去看作毫不相干的累赘。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Finances: Good order; no debt encumbrance; owns car.
经济状况: 良好; 无债务; 拥有汽车.

期刊摘选

Only by overcoming our weaknesses can we advance without any encumbrance; only by uniting ourselves in our struggle can we be invincible.
克服缺点才能轻装前进, 团结战斗才能无往不胜.

《简明英汉词典》

Registration, entitlement registration and encumbrance imposition.
二登记 、 权利注册及设定.

期刊摘选

He just saw them as superfluous an encumbrance.
当哥萨克人追着你满欧洲跑的时候,你需要轻装上路.

期刊摘选

Now I should be an encumbrance.
现在我成为累赘了.

辞典例句

America would free itself of the encumbrance of formal alliances and multilateral diplomacy.
美国将从正式联盟和多边外交的障碍中抽身而退.

期刊摘选

From " an Arsenal of Democracy " to " an Encumbrance of Democracy "
论文标题从 “ 民主的兵工厂 ” 到 “ 民主的包袱 ”

期刊摘选

I felt I was being an encumbrance to them.
我感到自己成了他们的累赘。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

Magdalena considered the past an irrelevant encumbrance.
玛格达莱娜把过去看作毫不相干的累赘。

柯林斯例句

双语例句


1. Magdalena considered the past an irrelevant encumbrance.
玛格达莱娜把过去看作毫不相干的累赘。

来自柯林斯例句

2. I felt I was being an encumbrance to them.
我感到自己成了他们的累赘。

来自《权威词典》

3. Only by overcoming our weaknesses can we advance without any encumbrance; only by uniting ourselves in our struggle can we be invincible.
克服缺点才能轻装前进, 团结战斗才能无往不胜.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Now I should be an encumbrance.
现在我成为累赘了.

来自辞典例句

5. From " an Arsenal of Democracy " to " an Encumbrance of Democracy "
论文标题从 “ 民主的兵工厂 ” 到 “ 民主的包袱 ”

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英文词源


encumbrance (n.)
c. 1300, "trouble, difficulty; ensnarement, temptation," from Old French encombrance "encumbrance, obstruction; calamity, trouble," from encombrer (see encumber). Meaning "that which encumbers, impediment, obstacle" is from late 14c. in English.

词态变化


复数: encumbrances;